At one point last week, the signs were pointing toward Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow returning for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. After two straight days of full-participation practices, something changed.

By Friday, Joe Flacco got the starter reps, in order to get him ready for the Week 12 contest with New England. Burrow ultimately wasn’t activated from injured reserve.

One theory was that, with two games only four days apart, the Bengals decided to wait until Thanksgiving night for Burrow’s return.

That said, it’s still not certain Burrow will play when the Bengals travel to Baltimore for the Thursday night game. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, “Nothing is set in stone.” Burrow’s status for the Week 13 game is “TBD” based on his how body responds after recent and

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