Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a strained right calf at practice Thursday, multiple reports said.
Burrow had to be carted off the field at Bengals training camp with the injury. During a live drill, Burrow used a pump fake, tucked the ball and started to run before coming up limping.
Burrow was already wearing a sleeve on the calf because he experienced soreness in that part of his leg after the first day of practice, coach Zac Taylor told reporters.
“I mean, I think all the guys after the first day had some soreness,” Taylor said.
It is not the same leg that Burrow injured three months into his rookie year in 2020, when he tore the ACL in his left knee.
Burrow also missed the 2022 preseason after undergoing an appendectomy, and with some rust apparently not knocked off, he threw four interceptions in the season opener in a home oss against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Burrow, who guided the Bengals to a Super Bowl appearance in his second NFL season in 2021, is also the next quarterback in line for a massive payday. On Tuesday the Los Angeles Chargers made Justin Herbert the new highest-paid player in the NFL at $52.5 million per year (five-year extension worth $262.5 million), following extensions earlier this offseason for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Burrow and Herbert were part of the same draft class in 2020. Burrow and the Bengals have been reportedly negotiating a contract extension.
–Field Level Media