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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMar 3, 2024, 03:48 PM ET
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- Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He signed up with the business in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for numerous papers in Texas, most just recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He offers everyday protection of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while emerging on SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL programs and ESPN Radio programs. A local of Grapevine, Texas, he finished from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is an accessory journalism teacher at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
CINCINNATI– Joe Burrow is still designing his healing timeline after surgical treatment to fix a torn wrist ligament in his tossing hand.
If things continue to go according to strategy, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback has actually a date set on when he is most likely to be entirely cleared this offseason.
“I believe middle of May is when I am anticipating to type of be cleared for complete contact and whatever,” Burrow informed ESPN on Sunday. “Over the next month [to] month and a half, we'll type of choose all those things.”
Burrow stated Cincinnati's arranged group activities is when he expects going back to complete tossing sessions. He has actually begun tossing little conditioning ball as he returns from the season-ending surgical treatment he suffered Nov. 16 in the group's Week 11 loss to Baltimore.
The quarterback, who simply finished up his 4th NFL season, stated the timeline isn't away from what an offseason has actually appeared like for him the previous number of years. Burrow stated he generally does not begin tossing up until OTAs. The time off has actually offered him an additional 12 weeks to recuperate and deal with any “ineffectiveness and weak points” as the Bengals aim to get better from missing out on the playoffs in 2023.
“I can raise essentially generally now, which I'm delighted about,” Burrow stated in remarks following a marketing occasion for his deal with Guinness. “So the next 2 months, I'll generally be simply doing what I've provided for the last number of years Just the 12 weeks of additional operate in the rearview.”
Last season, the No. 1 general choice in the 2020 draft played in 10 video games before the ligament tear. He finished 66.8% of his passes for 15 goals and 6 interceptions.
Burrow's season was bookended by injury concerns. He had actually suffered a stretched right calf on the 2nd day of training school, an injury that didn't completely recover up until the middle of the season. Burrow had a five-game stretch at complete health before he suffered the wrist injury following a hit.
Last season likewise marked an action back for the Bengals. After reaching the Super Bowl at the end of the 2021 season and the AFC Championship Game the list below year (in addition to winning their department both seasons),
