Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) is hit by Cleveland Browns defensive finish Za’Darius Smith (99) as he throws through the first half of an NFL soccer sport Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Cleveland. Credit score: AP/David Richard
CINCINNATI — Quarterback Joe Burrow participated in observe on Friday, signal for the Cincinnati Bengals {that a} lingering calf damage could not preserve him out of the Monday night time sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams.
Burrow walked to the observe discipline in full pads and afterward the staff listed him as having “restricted participation” within the session.
Burrow aggravated the correct calf pressure he suffered early in coaching camp in final week’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Burrow mentioned he was daily and did not know at that time if he’d have the ability to play on Monday in Cincinnati.
Burrow strained the muscle on the second day of on-field exercises in coaching camp on July 27. That sidelined him for greater than a month, depriving him of precious preseason reps with the offense. The Bengals misplaced their first two video games for the second consecutive season.
Receiver Tyler Boyd mentioned Burrow’s teammates know the quarterback will do no matter it takes to play Monday.
“It makes you wish to transcend, and even additional figuring out that you just acquired a man like him who’s been via a lot adversity,” Boyd mentioned. “(He is) been harm, been going via this and that and nonetheless prepared to offer what he can to assist us win. With that being mentioned, I will go on the market and lay my life on the market for him.”
If Burrow can’t go, the Bengals would begin backup Jake Browning, who was on the observe squad final season and threw his first and solely NFL regular-season move within the opening week loss to the Browns.
The Bengals play the Rams within the first regular-season assembly of the groups since Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 23-20 in Tremendous Bowl LVI after the 2021 season.
For the Bengals on Friday, LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (knee) and TE Irv Smith Jr. (hamstring) additionally had been listed as having restricted participation in observe. S Nick Scott, who had been in concussion protocol, was a full participant.
