While the rest of the NFL world went about its business on Sunday, it was mostly quiet around the Cincinnati Bengals.
Even so, we got a handful of little updates on interesting items, such as players fined from last week’s game against the Texans.
And on the Joe Burrow front, we got one little update from an insider, plus we took a deep dive into the best and worst-case outcomes from this miserable situation the franchise finds itself in for the remainder of the season and into the offseason.
Here’s a look at the must-know Bengals news, notes and quotes for November 20.
Small Joe Burrow update -- Bengals Wire
An NFL insider revealed exactly what the injury is to Burrow’s wrist and that this upcoming week is an important one — he’ll choose a doctor ahead of surgery. Then, we’ll find out return timeline details and such.
Best and worst case long-term scenarios for Bengals after Joe Burrow's injury -- Bengals Wire
From getting better draft position to making excuses to not address weaknesses, here’s a look at the fallout from the Joe Burrow injury.
Multiple Bengals, Texans players fined by NFL -- Bengals Wire
Fine information from the week prior went live and we’ve got details on the multiple players fined for the game against the Texans, including a strangely large fine issued to a Bengals player.
Bengals could get the boot from primetime -- Bengals Wire
Those in charge of the schedule could look to move the Bengals out of primetime slots in the upcoming weeks now that Burrow is out and the team remains last in the division.
Jake Browning on his readiness -- Bengals.com
New starter Jake Browning says he’s been prepping years for this: “I feel good here. I’ve taken the last couple years of learning an offense that’s pretty quarterback friendly. And being around Joe, seeing how he operates. And then just really there’s not a lot in practice or with coaches where they’re focused on my development, so that’s been my job to make sure I’m still focused on the job of getting better at football and being unsupervised at that. So that’s kind of where the routine comes in weekly.”
