Three Candidates to Replace Injured Joe Burrow in Cincinnati
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Dread swept through Paycor Stadium in a moment in week two of the 2025 NFL season. As Cincinnati ground out a gritty victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars to take their start to 2-0, Joe Burrow—the city’s hope, its heartbeat—was in the medical room after suffering yet another cruel twist of fate. The former Heisman Trophy winner was downed by an innocuous tackle in the second quarter, with x-rays showing that Joey B had suffered a turf toe injury that required surgery and will put him on the shelf for at least the next three months.
For Bengals fans, déjà vu, only sharper. Heading into the 2025 season, the bookies' online football odds made Cincy a dark horse for Super Bowl glory. Now, the latest Bovada football odds make them a distant outsider, pricing them as long as +6500. To put that into perspective, the likes of the Arizona Cardinals and the Indianapolis Colts are both considered more likely Lombardi winners.
There is hope, however, that Burrow, mercifully, is not lost for the season. He is expected to return in three months' time, and should that ultimately come to fruition, then the Cincinnati faithful will wake up and treat every December day as Christmas morning. If the Bengals can weather the storm and keep themselves in the hunt, No. 9 could return to engineer yet another improbable run.
But if the Cincy's post-Thanksgiving horizon is to sparkle with anything other than regret, the answer at quarterback can’t just be serviceable. It must be inspired—decisive. Three paths branch from here, each a gamble that carries the weight of a city starving for triumph.
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