Joe Burrow, a Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, is awaiting a complete clearance date this offseason if his recovery timeline from a torn wrist ligament is successful.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ryan Burrow expects to be cleared for full contact in mid-May, with full throwing sessions expected in organized team activities. He started throwing small medicine balls after season-ending surgery.
The quarterback, who just wrapped up his fourth NFL season, said the timeline isn’t far off from what an offseason has looked like for him the past couple of years. Burrow said he normally doesn’t start throwing until OTAs. The time off has given him an extra 12 weeks to recover and work on any “inefficiencies and weaknesses” as the Bengals look to bounce back from missing the playoffs in 2023.
“I can lift basically normally now, which I’m excited about,” Burrow said in comments following a marketing event for his work with Guinness. “So the next two months, I’ll basically be just doing what I’ve done for the last couple of years Just the 12 weeks of extra work in the rearview.”
Last season also marked a step back for the Bengals. After reaching the Super Bowl at the end of the 2021 season and the AFC Championship Game the following year (along with winning their division both seasons), the Bengals did not make the playoffs and finished last in the AFC North.
On Sunday, Burrow acknowledged the injury problems but said they were only partially to blame for Cincinnati’s woes in 2023. When asked what it will take for the Bengals to become AFC contenders again, he said the youth on the roster will play a big role.
“We need the guys that we draft to come in and be productive and take on the leadership roles that we’ve lost the last couple of years,” Burrow said. “And we need to bring in the right pieces this offseason too, whether it’s the draft or free agency.
“Like I said, the injuries were what they were last year, but we weren’t good enough in a lot of different places to make a Super Bowl run in my opinion
