Joe Burrow didn’t sugarcoat Week 1, and neither did anyone inside that locker room. Cincinnati beat Cleveland 17-16, their first opening day win since 2021. But you wouldn’t know it from Burrow’s face on Monday. He was 14 of 23 for 113 yards, one touchdown, no picks. Clean stat line, but the offense scored just three points after halftime. The defense and a missed Browns field goal saved the day. Burrow knows that is not a formula you can ride for 17 weeks.

Bengals veteran Sam Hubbard has seen this version of Burrow before, and he is not worried; he is warning the rest of the league. “ You can’t really encapsulate the level of determination and how focused he is, ” Hubbard told FOX’s Jeremy Rauch on September 12. “ I can guarantee you he was not happy on Monday, even after

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