The Bengals Are Wasting Joe Burrow’s Prime. Can They Turn It Around?

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