Joe Burrow went into the 2023 NFL season as among the favorites to win MVP. His start the season couldn’t have gone much worse.
In the season-opening matchup against the Cleveland Browns, Burrow passed just 82 yards, no touchdowns and completed less than 50 percent of his passes. It was a putrid performance that ultimately led to Burrow and the rest of Bengals’ first-team offense getting pulled in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach.
Off games happen, but for Burrow, he just signed a massive contract to become the highest-paid player in the league. That wasn’t the showing that backs up that contract, and NFL fans were relentless watching Burrow struggle.
Myles Garrett gets home on 4th down!
📺: #CINvsCLE on CBS
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/G4uoYVOqQn pic.twitter.com/jnDkshzqfP— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2023
This was how Twitter reacted
Joe Burrow and Jamarr Chase when it came to ruining my fantasy team today : pic.twitter.com/9hnz9zqb7e
— Jai (@Jai_305_) September 10, 2023
Joey Burrow is going crazy today😮💨😮💨 pic.twitter.com/VqjSarLLVu
— Braiden Turner (@bturner23) September 10, 2023
Bengals fans seeing Joe Burrow toss 82 yards vs Browns after $275M extension: pic.twitter.com/KG2kjnh5kS
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow is broken pic.twitter.com/CJeTghsRWZ
— 📽️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow signed that contract and now wants to be JP Losman
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) September 10, 2023
BURROW AFTER HE GOT PAID pic.twitter.com/ulf9YB0iz0
— Vandal (@BEEHIGHB) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow and the Bengals leaving the field today: #Bengals #Browns pic.twitter.com/HETP1R4fN8
— Willie Beamen’s Burner Account (@WillieBBurner) September 10, 2023
Joe burrow in the big 2023 pic.twitter.com/L4dn9EFXkG
— dalys👺 (@dalysyt) September 10, 2023
Deshaun Watson having a better game than Joe Burrow pic.twitter.com/RkcbF3b5xy
— RB (@rbhockey6) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow in Cleveland today pic.twitter.com/t2AqTi3xDi
— Ricky Roy #D4L 🐶 (@clepipes) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow today…. pic.twitter.com/9Xvj1xpYN8
— Chris Resor (@ChrisResor) September 10, 2023
Joe Burrow really gonna punch the offensive line 😭 pic.twitter.com/kUIWF2y3WI
— 🅿️ainSzn (@cjsweet567) September 10, 2023
The Browns won, 24-3.
