CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Joe Burrow is “on track” to get back on the field in mid-December, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.

The exception all along is that Burrow would be out three months following his Grade 3 turf toe injury in Week 2.

Based on the initial timeline, Burrow would be back in December .

Thursday’s update from Rapoport confirms Burrow is on track to get back on the field in the middle of December.

“He has had no setbacks,” Rapoport explained.

Cincinnati has four games in December.

The game in the middle of that month is a Week 15 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens at Paycor Stadium.

If the Bengals “stay alive” until then, Burrow “absolutely intends to be back.”

Currently sitting at 3-4, it is entirely possible the Bengals are in the playoff hunt come Week

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