Arkansas Bengal Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 By Mike Florio Published November 28, 2023 12:59 PM As the NFL continues to investigate whether the Bengals took liberties with the injury report regarding quarterback Joe Burrow’s wrist injury, more information will emerge. Some will be made available to the public, and some won’t. Here’s an interesting nugget that emerged on Monday. WJZ-TV in Baltimore has video of Burrow throwing before the Week 11 Thursday night game. In between throws, Burrow flexes his right hand and also looks at it. It’s not dispositive, but it’s not the kind of thing someone normally does after throwing a football if the hand is generating no pain or discomfort. And it wasn’t cold that night. The temperature at kickoff was 56 degrees. The biggest piece of evidence pointing to injury-report shenanigans comes from the fact that Burrow was wearing a sleeve on his arm while traveling. He claims it was for a condition completely different from the eventual wrist injury. Still, the Bengals disclosed no conditions of any kind on the Week 11 injury report. That’s the problem. The fact that the Bengals posted and then deleted video of Burrow in the wrist sleeve only makes things fishier. Complicating the situation is the fact that the NFL has no incentive to catch the Bengals violating the terms of the poorly-enforced injury reporting policy. If/when a class-action lawsuit is filed against the Bengals for fraud, the NFL could easily be added as a defendant to the case under the argument that the league has negligently failed to enforce its own rules. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/pre-game-bengals-ravens-video-shows-joe-burrow-flexing-right-hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 The video ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 Counterpoint ... (maybe had a wrist issue for many weeks) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 Right after the pop ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkansas Bengal Posted November 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, BlackJesus said: Counterpoint ... (maybe hed a wrist issue for many weeks) Somebody needs to show this to Florio so he can STFU. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 This 'issue' is comical. Reffing in the league is a disaster, several owners are complete clowns, morons like Watson should never be allowed back - but hey, this one guy was at one time wearing a wrist thing and not on the injury report. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 This is Florio's personal vendetta. He went out on a limb early, trying to scoop Rapaport, claiming some conspiracy. He's been doubling and tripling down ever since and at this point has become so obsessed with proving himself right that he's not interested in evidence contrary to his assumption. He's losing subs on Twitter, as is NBC's Pro Football Talk channel that he's featured on. He lost me after about 2-3 days of this obsession. It's really unhealthy, misguided, and comically egotistical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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