Joe Burrow’s past couple of weeks have been a roller coaster.
On September 7, the quarterback agreed to an NFL-record $275 million extension to remain in Cincinnati through at least 2029.
On September 10, he played one of the worst games of his NFL career in Cincinnati’s 24-3 season-opening loss against the Cleveland Browns. Burrow went just 14-31 for 82 yards in the wet conditions.
Burrow has said there’s nothing to worry about and it was just a one-week fluke. What he did do, however, was get a new haircut to wipe the slate clean and move on from the loss.
Burrow knew it was time for a haircut “When you have a game like that on Sunday.”
While the haircut looks very similar to his old haircut, whatever it takes to put the loss behind him and move on to Week 2 is surely fine with Bengals fans.
Perhaps there’s just something about season openers that Burrow struggles with. Prior to this performance, his worst career outing was Cincinnati’s 2022 season-opening overtime loss to Pittsburgh where he threw a career-high four interceptions. The 2023 season opener featured a career-low in passing yards and quarterback rating and was just the fifth time in his career that Burrow failed to throw a single touchdown pass.
Social media had plenty to say about Burrow’s new look Wednesday.
Joe Burrow went back to his old haircut, the Ravens are doomed. pic.twitter.com/dSDtNd9uGz
— Matt (@MattAlphabet) September 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/matthew_fessler/status/1702093152134300101
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