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Zac Taylor shares status of Joe Burrow's recovery from calf injury

Screen Shot 2024-05-28 at 9.09.17 AMby: Kaiden Smith08/09/23kaiden__smith
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The football world collectively gasped when Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow went down with a calf injury that looked potentially devastating during the teams’ training camp. Burrow was carted off of the field and did not turn to practice, instilling more fear in the hearts of Bengals fans, but was fortunately diagnosed with just a calf strain.

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor provided a timeline on Burrow’s injury the following day, saying Burrow would be sidelined for ‘several weeks’. And on Wednesday, Taylor provided another injury update on his star quarterback. Or did he?

“The timeline is several weeks from when I said several weeks,” Taylor said according to NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Taylor’s response was mysterious, but it appearers that Burrow’s injury status and timeline to return remains the same. Taylor gave his latest update on Burrow’s status on July 29, so in theory, several weeks from that date is when fans should expect to see Burrow back in action, as intially reported.

Taylor’s injury update may seem a little bit insignificant, but then again, nothing changes if nothing changes.

Cincinnati Bengals ask fans to stop offering their calf muscles following Joe Burrow injury

Quarterback Joe Burrow gave Cinncinati Bengals fans an incredible fright on Thursday, going down on the practice field with an apparent leg injury. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor told the media that the young quarterback had a suspected calf strain, but even still, fans saw their season flash before their eyes as they watched clips of Burrow hop and fall to the ground.

Laughter is the best medicine though and the Cincinnati social media account delivered.

“Everyone, please stop calling and offering us your calf muscles… it doesn’t work like that!” the Bengals Twitter account shared on Friday. “Joey will be back.”

Whether fans were actually calling the Bengals with those generous offers or not, the fact that the team is in a joking mood is a good sign.

It’s unclear how long Burrow will have to stay on the sidelines but he’ll be back before the Bengals go to Cleveland on Sept. 10.

For the fourth consecutive year, Burrow won’t have full camp participation. He’s had COVID-19, ACL injury recovery, an appendectomy, and now a strained calf, yet he has 11,774 career passing yards. He’s also brought the Bengals to consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances.

On3’s Nikki Chavanelle contributed to this report