Joe Burrow took five sacks and ten hits last Sunday against the Texans, and one of those bone-jarring blows actually *fixed* something. Seriously, we’re not making this up. It sounded like an exaggeration at first, a wild rumor, but the cold hard truth is Burrow’s rib, which had been knocked out of place, got popped right back in by a Texans defender.
The Sideline Revelation That Blew Our Minds
Initially, when microphones caught Burrow thanking defensive end Will Anderson Jr. for popping his rib back into place, most of us figured he was just being dramatic after a tough game. It seemed too wild to be true, like something out of a comic book, not an NFL Sunday. But then a new clip dropped on Twitter from the NFL itself, and Burrow was caught telling his star receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins during the actual game, on the sideline no less, that, yes, a hit *did* pop his rib back into place. “Then afterward it felt better,” Burrow even said. Can you even imagine?
No Joke, It Was a Rib Out of Location
This whole situation is straight-up bizarre, especially since Burrow had been listed on the injury report all week with a back injury. The Bengals even had to elevate veteran quarterback Josh Johnson from the practice squad for the game, which tells you how concerned they were. Burrow tried to downplay it, telling Jay Glazer of Fox Sports that the whole thing was being “blown out of proportion.” But the simple, unbelievable truth was that a rib had been knocked out of its location. We’re talking about a guy playing top-tier football with a dislocated rib that got put back by another player’s tackle. Wild stuff.
Now, as the Bengals get ready to visit the Steelers this Sunday, you gotta wonder if Burrow has any other “conditions” for which Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt might be able to “treat” him. Here’s hoping for a less eventful day on the medical front for Burrow in Pittsburgh.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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