Bengals QB Joe Burrow throws shade at city of Cincinnati

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Dec 24

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The Cincinnati Bengals are enjoying a strong season without any major COVID-19 related issues as many other NFL teams continue to struggle with outbreaks.

Currently, the team has just one player, cornerback Chidobe Awuzie, on the COVID-19 reserve list.

“We’re still a healthy team, which not a lot of people can say at this point of the season,” said quarterback Joe Burrow. “We’ve been lucky as far as injuries and COVID. We’re doing a great job with our COVID protocols.”

Speaking to reporters, Burrow partly attributed the team’s success in avoiding the virus to the Queen City nightlife situation.

“Fortunately, there’s not a ton to do in Cincinnati, so nobody’s going out to clubs and bars and getting COVID every weekend,” Burrow explained bluntly.

Due to the massive surge in cases throughout the league, the NFL postponed three games last week to Monday or Tuesday. NFL Players Association president JC Tretter further revealed on Wednesday that the league almost canceled those games entirely.

This Sunday, the Bengals (8-6) are scheduled to host the Baltimore Ravens. The two teams are currently tied at the top of the AFC North. Burrow is expected to have a good game, especially against Baltimore’s currently weakened defense, which has only 15 players available to play on that side of the ball.

Joe Burrow said there’s not much to do in Cincinnati, i beg to differ, there’s a Starbucks downtown, a McDonald’s in Covington & a O’ Charley’s in Tri-County which in fact has the best complimentary bread known to man…
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) December 23, 2021

Dec 19, 2021: Denver, Colorado, USA; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) scrambles in the backfield in the first quarter against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)

Burrow (center) with LSU head coach Ed Orgeron (left) and linebacker Patrick Queen (right) at LSU's 2020 National Championship post-game press event

New York Post Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow: Bengals avoided COVID because there's nothing to do in Cincinnati https://trib.al/Z3Ay6AC

Sporting News NFL Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow on why Bengals have avoided COVID outbreak so far: 'Fortunately, there's not a ton to do in Cincinnati' https://bit.ly/3qeAp8w

MyNextSeat Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow on why Bengals have avoided COVID outbreak so far: 'Fortunately, there's not a ton to do in Cincinnati'

frankyarriola Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow: Bengals avoided COVID because there's nothing to do in Cincinnati https://trib.al/Z3Ay6AC via @nypost @ethan_sears

Marc Abrams Dec 23 2021

Mark Twain once remarked that if anything bad ever happened in the world, he would want to be in Cincinnati because it would happen there ten years later

Dominick Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow: Bengals avoided COVID because there's nothing to do in Cincinnati https://nypost.com/2021/12/23/joe-burrow-on-bengals-avoiding-covid-in-cincy-not-a-ton-to-do/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons… via @nypostsports

Michael Lailer Dec 23 2021

Joe Burrow

Joseph Lee Burrow is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League . After starting his college football career as a backup at Ohio State,
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Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati.
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Chidobe Awuzie

Chidobe Awuzie is an American football cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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