Joe Burrow Makes Eye-Opening Admission About Cincinnati Bengals After Loss To Ravens

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Cincinnati Bengals superstar quarterback Joe Burrow had perhaps the best regular season game of his career on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.

Burrow completed 30-of-39 passes for 392 yards and five touchdowns. And yet the Bengals still lost in overtime, 41-38, dropping their record to 1-4 on the young season.

Why is that? Because according to Burrow, the Bengals are not a “not a championship-level team…”

That’s a pretty bold thing for Burrow to say out loud, especially when the Bengals entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations.

But his statement does come with a caveat. Burrow believes, or at least he hopes, that Cincinnati can become a championship-level team as the season progresses.

Joe Burrow Vents Frustration After Bengals Start Season Slow Yet Again

“We’re not a championship-level team right now,” the full quote reads. “We’re not. I like to think that we’ll come back and improve throughout the season to get to that point, but right now we are not and we have to get better.

“Obviously, something has to change. I’m not sure what that is on our end. We’ll do some critical thinking, watch some tape and see where we could have done better, there’s plenty to improve on.”

Burrow’s frustration with the 1-4 start was evident throughout his postgame press conference.

I know exactly how we are 1-4,” he also said. “We’re not making plays at the end of the game to go and win it. Definitely not in disbelief. I know exactly what’s happening.”

Cincy began the 2023 season 1-3 before scraping back to a 9-8 record and narrowly missing the playoffs. It went 12-4 in 2022, but only after beginning the season 2-3.

So slow starts are clearly a trend for head coach Zac Taylor. Sooner or late it was always likely to come back to bite the Bengals, and it appears the answer is “sooner.”