Joe Burrow

The Bengals have plunged into an ignominious place, being set to miss three straight playoff brackets in Joe Burrow‘s 20s. The team’s status received additional scrutiny after some puzzling comments from the superstar quarterback last week. Although Burrow attempted to clarify the disillusionment he expressed was not directed at the Bengals, antennae around the NFL […]

Schefter cites the speed with which Mahomes got his torn ACL and LCL repaired -- Monday, the day after it happened -- as a major reason behind this. He also notes the timeline of nine months would put Mahomes in line to play in Week 2. "You know he's going to have the absolute finest resources, care, attention, to bring him along," Schefter continues. "He's already set in to motion the chain of events that will bring him back sooner." We wouldn't be surprised if Mahomes is playing that early -- see how quickly Joe Burrow came back this year from his turf toe against the initial diagnosis -- but we also wouldn't be surprised if Mahomes wasn't quite the same player from the jump, especially as a scrambler, while he re-acclimates to what he can trust with his surgically-repaired knee.

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said Monday that Burrow will start the team's remaining three regular-season games despite having been eliminated from playoff contention, Ben Baby of ESPN reports.

Quarterback Joe Burrow is expected to start the final three games of the regular season, coach Zac Taylor said Monday.

The Bengals have no path to the playoffs, but that isn't changing their plan at the quarterback position.