Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was carted off the observe discipline after he got here up hobbling from a scramble on Thursday.
The 26-year-old franchise quarterback hobbled on one leg after which went to the bottom after the play close to the tip of the afternoon observe.
Coach Zac Taylor later mentioned it was a calf damage. Burrow was sporting a sleeve on it and got here up limping.
A number of teammates gathered round whereas trainers tended to the Professional Bowl quarterback earlier than he was helped on to the again of a cart.
“Typically gamers really feel slightly sore after the primary day,” Taylor mentioned when requested about Burrow sporting the sleeve on his proper calf.
“I’m not the knowledgeable right here, however my intestine says Joe will likely be OK,” heart Ted Karras mentioned within the locker room.
“I’m not going to speak about one other participant’s accidents, however I learn about calf strains all too nicely, and they’re painful however aren’t the tip of the world,” defensive finish Sam Hubbard mentioned. “They do linger a bit, however I believe the coaching workers and Joe are going to do the correct factor and to care for this early in camp and be able to go.”
Burrow continues to be negotiating with the Bengals on a long-term contract that would make him one of many NFL’s highest-paid gamers.
Burrow had talked Wednesday about how good he felt on the opening of camp after his first three NFL coaching camps had been disrupted and the way he hoped to play in some preseason video games.
Preseason observe was truncated in Burrow’s rookie 12 months in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, he was nonetheless rehabbing after knee surgical procedure the earlier December. On the primary day of camp final 12 months, he was stricken with appendicitis.
“I really feel in my place I don’t wish to waste any of today that I’ve to get higher,” he mentioned. “I’ve wasted sufficient days over the past two years with accidents, appendicitis, Covid 12 months earlier than that. I don’t wish to get out of camp wishing I had seven extra days that I might have gotten higher.”
