{"id":45516,"date":"2025-11-20T01:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45516\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:11:09","slug":"joe-burrow-inching-toward-bengals-return-with-positive-practice-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45516\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow inching toward Bengals return with positive practice designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Burrow could see the field soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The star Bengals quarterback was a full participant in practice on Wednesday, setting up a possible return after two months away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/15\/sports\/bengals-worst-joe-burrow-fears-confirmed-as-star-qb-needs-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burrow has been sidelined since Sept. 14<\/a> after suffering a toe injury against the Jaguars in Cincinnati\u2019s second game of the season and later undergoing surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday was the first time Burrow, 28, went through 11-on-11 drills and a full practice since the procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37714062\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251026_sjp_mb3_0033.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Burrow, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, wearing a grey hoodie and black sweatpants, walks on the sidelines during a game against the New York Jets.\" class=\"wp-image-37714062\"  \/>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) looks on on the sidelines during the second quarter against the New York Jets at Paycor Stadium. Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s still reason to believe Burrow has some ways to go before putting the uniform back on.<\/p>\n<p>Before Wednesday\u2019s practice, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor wouldn\u2019t commit to Burrow playing in Week 12 against the Patriots on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil we get through some practices, there\u2019s no reason for me to even speculate on that,\u201d Taylor told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals will take the field four days later against the AFC North rival Ravens on Thanksgiving, which was the original target date for Burrow\u2019s return when he went down in mid-September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760458027_713_UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GABMLER or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org<\/a>. NY: Call the 24\/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/10\/sports\/joe-burrow-returns-to-bengals-practice-less-than-two-months-after-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when Burrow returned to practice<\/a> for the first time since the injury, the signal-caller told reporters that it would be \u201cvery\u201d meaningful to come back for the Thanksgiving game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see how these next couple of weeks go,\u201d Burrow said at the time. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how it feels. We\u2019ll make a decision when the time comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37714074\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP_Jaguars_Bengals_Football_53463-70ecd-0.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Burrow is escorted off the field by two staff members, with arms around him, after an injury.\" class=\"wp-image-37714074\"  \/>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, center, is helped off the field after suffering an injury during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Cincinnati.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati\u2019s playoff chances are teetering, sitting at 3-7 heading into Sunday\u2019s game against the AFC-best Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals have won just once in eight games without Burrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joe Flacco, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/07\/sports\/bengals-trade-for-joe-flacco-as-shedeur-sanders-moves-up-browns-depth-chart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who was acquired from the Browns<\/a> in early October, has started the past five games in Burrow\u2019s absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The veteran was limited in Wednesday\u2019s practice with a shoulder injury, but should serve as the Bengals\u2019 starter if Burrow stays sidelined.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow could see the field soon.\u00a0 The star Bengals quarterback was a full participant in practice on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2672,12346,12332,9,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-45516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","9":"tag-joe-burrow","10":"tag-joe-flacco","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}