QB for the Bengals is out for the season

Cincy, Ohio The Cincinnati Bengals announced on Friday that quarterback Joe Burrow will miss the remainder of the season because of a ruptured ligament in his right wrist.

Both Burrow and Coach Zac Taylor predicted surgery would be necessary for the ailment. Burrow departed the game in the second quarter of the Bengals’ 34-20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night, after he had given the team a brief 10-7 lead with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Joe Mixon. After the pass, Burrow crumpled into a ball of pain and gripped his wrist.

He stated on Friday that the injury most likely occurred during the previous play, when he was hit by Jadeveon Clowney after tossing a 9-yard pass to Mixon and came down on his wrist. Burrow said that until he watched a video of the play, he was unaware that he had fallen on his wrist.

“In the midst of the throw, I heard a pop. I gave it a shot but was unable to finish, so I learned the news today. Before we received the official word on the outcome, I had a sense,” admitted Burrow, who was out of the game after going 11 of 17 for 101 yards and a touchdown.

Burrow’s assertion that his injury occurred during that collision followed the NFL’s announcement that it will look into why he was not included in the team’s pregame injury report. A person with knowledge of the matter spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the review was not being made public.

Before the game, Burrow appeared to be wearing a soft cast, but the star quarterback claimed he was simply wearing a compression sleeve—something he has previously worn on flights. The Bengals had uploaded and then removed a video of the incident from their social media accounts.

Burrow attempted practice tosses on the sidelines after the game, but the ball slipped out of his fingers as he flinched in agony. Then, with a disgruntled expression, Burrow headed to the dressing room.