By Rachel Whitman, Civic Pulse
The clock is ticking in Cincinnati. Joe Burrow, the franchise quarterback who led the Bengals to within two minutes of a Super Bowl victory in 2021, has spent the last three seasons watching his prime slip away. The team has missed the playoffs three straight years, and a combination of injuries, a porous offensive line, and a defense that ranked near the bottom of the league has turned a once-promising era into a source of growing frustration.
Burrow’s own comments last season, when he said he needed to “have fun” playing football, sparked a wave of speculation about his future in a small market. While he later clarified his remarks and praised the team’s off