The hype around Cincinnati Bengals rookie receiver Jermaine Burton hit huge heights over the summer, making any and all decisions around him must-see material for fans.
Case in point, Burton’s status as a healthy inactive during the team’s Sunday night win over the New York Giants.
That’s a subject that came up with Bengals head coach Zac Taylor during the postgame press conference.
“Nothing to read into that,” Taylor said. “That was just a week-to-week decision we made based on some other things that could potentially happen just with the game plan stuff. But he’s done a great job. He keeps approaching it the right way. But we’ve got a lot of confidence growing with him. So, that’s just a this week thing. We’ll continue to make those decisions as we go along. There’s nothing to read into.”
No great shock here — Burton hasn’t seen the field in the base offense much since Tee Higgins returned, especially with Andrei Iosvias playing so well. In this particular matchup, Trenton Irwin’s usefulness on special teams gave him the nod on the game-day roster.
While Burton’s wild summer and eventual involvement in the offense with Higgins out during the regular season was notable, there’s little more to read into the situation about right now.
