Reactions: Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow limps off field during final minute vs. Chiefs
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had another outstanding performance during Sunday's Week 17 AFC North-clinching win against the Kansas City Chiefs at Paul Brown Stadium, breaking a pair of Andy Dalton's Bengals single-season passing records and eclipsing the 300-yard mark - with 446 - for the sixth time this season.
But fans worried about Burrow's knee as he limped off the field with less than a minute left in the 34-31 win, and backup QB Brandon Allen took the Bengals' final snaps to set up Evan McPherson's game-winning field goal.
CBS' Tracy Wolfson asked Burrow during a post-game interview how he was feeling.
"Good enough," Burrow told Wolfson.
Burrow said after the game that the knee Bengals head coach Zac Taylor got "twisted up" - not Burrow's surgically repaired knee - was sore after the team's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last month.
Reactions:
Zac Taylor says Joe Burrow got his knee “twisted up," but the fact they knew they were kicking a field goal was the reason Burrow wound up leaving the game.
— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) January 2, 2022
While the #Bengals kicked a game-winning field goal for an AFC North title, stunning the #Chiefs, Joe Burrow watched from the sidelines after apparently injuring his knee.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 2, 2022
Joe Burrow grabbed his right knee before he limped off the field and out of the game.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 2, 2022
Brandon Allen is in for Joe Burrow
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 2, 2022
Burrow - the most-sacked NFL quarterback this season entering Sunday's game - had faced so much pressure from the Chiefs' defense that his name had been ripped off the back of his jersey during the second half of the game.
"When numbers and letters are falling off, that means you're getting hit today," CBS color analyst Tony Romo said of Burrow during the broadcast.
Social media reactions:
Joe Burrow just got his nameplate off his jersey... that is a player who is playing for his team first, not himself first
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 2, 2022
Joe Burrow plays for the name on the front of the jersey. @JoeyB pic.twitter.com/vuFE0f41HR
— NFL (@NFL) January 2, 2022
Burrow knows it’s more about the name on the front than the back 😤😂 pic.twitter.com/NuPlAhCQUm
— PFF CIN Bengals (@PFF_Bengals) January 2, 2022
Joe Burrow loses his ... last name. pic.twitter.com/jYMpdo3c14
— Joe Person (@josephperson) January 2, 2022
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