Joe Burrow at camp in Cincinnati Bengals. And so far the reports about his performance in the early stages have been mostly amazing. “Data-reactid =” 18 “> Expectations are understandably high for No. 1 general draft pick Joe Burrow in the Cincinnati Bengals’ camp. And so far, reports of his early performances have been mostly amazing.
Not error-free, mind you – but even on his bad plays, Burrow seems to deserve respect from the veterans in camp.
On Thursday, Burrow threw what was described by The Athletic as a bad interception, with Bengals linebacker Josh Bynes presumably able to easily step up and take off for the pass.
It might have been chalked up to a typical rookie mistake. But it’s what happened next that surprised Bynes.
Burrow approached veteran Bynes to ask where he went wrong as a quarterback. Bynes was later asked if that kind of thing usually came from a rookie QB.
“I don’t think I have a rookie quarterback coming up with me,” Bynes said. ‘Maybe I had a few vets here and there. Definitely not a rookie quarterback.
‘But you can tell he’s hungry and wants better. That’s what I love about him. I think everyone knows that, especially from crime. They are gravitating towards him because he has to lead the way for this crime at the moment and we are looking forward to it. “
Then Bynes threw the smoke another bone.
“He certainly has – an old term – dog in him,” Bynes said.
And after that pick, Burrow told backwards. Hard, it seems.
Bengal rookie Joe Burrow threw a pick into camp, and immediately tracked down the linebacker who made it and asked him what was going wrong on the scene. (AP Photo / Aaron Doster)
After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Burrow got himself booked. The manager of Burrow was not happy. With three of his leading receivers (AJ Green, 2020 second-round Tee Higgins and John Ross) missing the practice, Burrow stunned the defense with long balls to Tyler Boyd and Mike Thomas.
Later, in 7-on-7 work, Burrow hit CJ Uzomah on a great ball in the seam. Then in the red zone, Burrow was impressive again, after reports connected with Auden Tate on a beautiful ball in the end zone, where only Tate could catch it.
“He was probably pissed,” Bynes said.
Burrow’s performance on Friday was even better
On Friday, Burrow remained warm after staying warm.
Burrow started going 6-for-6 in full teamwork and landed on nine of his first 10 passes. “data-reactid =” 48 “> Even with Green, Higgins and Ross staying out, and Boyd and Joe Mixon playing playfully, Burrow started going 6-for-6 in full team work and landed on nine of his first 10 passes.
The one imperfection was reported to be Burrow’s worst throw of the day, a missed high to Uzomah. But on the very next throw, Burrow beat Tate for a TD.
In five drives before the offense began on the 30-yard line of defense, Burrow led five scoring disks – three touchdowns and two field goals. Doing so without the majority of his expected playmakers on the field, even if it is only a control of a training camp, makes it even more impressive.
What we saw of Burrow in college is now beginning to be seen in Cincinnati. He won over coaches and fans of LSU by arrival in the summer of 2018 and won the starting team in three weeks time, despite not knowing all the names of his teammates when camp began.
And in 2019, he took his game to an almost nuclear level, throwing for 60 touchdowns, winning the Heisman Trophy and leading the Tigers to a national title.
With all the roadblocks that the pandemic-shortened offseason has delivered, Burrow might just be the perfect man to give the Bengals the path back to respectability. Even his interceptions seem to have a silver lining to them.
