Bengals' Joe Burrow shuts down retirement rumors after rough Week 15 loss originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Bengals are 4-9 and have just a 3% chance of making the playoffs. Burrow missed nine games due to a grade 3 turf toe injury that required surgery. He fought back to get on the field. Burrow played on Thanksgiving against the Ravens—his first game since September.

After missing nine games and a third straight playoff absence, Burrow balanced team loyalty with a surprisingly philosophical take on career longevity.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow turned 29 on Wednesday, but he was not in a celebratory mood. He acknowledged that "there's just a lot of things going on right now" during a subdued press conference that also included him sharing new perspective following his most recent injury.

Joe Burrow is coming off perhaps the worst game of his professional career. He passed for 225 scoreless yards against the Ravens, tossing two interceptions — one of which was returned for a touchdown — while averaging just 3.46 adjusted yards per attempt. Cincinnati played 76 offensive snaps yet did not score a single point.

But life comes at you fast in the NFL. Joe Burrow missed nine games this season with a turf toe injury. The Bengals unraveled without him and slipped out of the playoff race. The No. 1 pick of 2020 also expressed his frustration and disappointment with the franchise during a somber press conference last week.

The Bengals dropped their opening injury report of Dolphins week on Wednesday afternoon.  Cincinnati had a lengthy list of names broken down by sta

Even Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow admitted that he was surprised by the stunning trade that landed the Green Bay Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons just before the start of the 2025 NFL season.