Look: Bengals Owner Mike Brown Admits He Made Mistake With Joe Burrow Last Season

CINCINNATI — Bengals owner Mike Brown spoke to the media on Monday with training camp set to start this week.

The soon-to-be 89-year-old admitted he made a mistake last season when he picked Joe Burrow up in his golf cart at the start of practice when the star quarterback was dealing with a calf injury ahead of their Week 3 matchup with the Rams.

"I try to stay away enough that I don't get in the way. I don't want to be a problem for the coaches," Brown said. "In that particular moment I overstepped and did a dumb thing. I was convinced he shouldn't play and he looked like he wanted to play in that game and I went out there to tell him he wasn't going to play. I was gonna make sure he wasn't going to play, where upon he played ... I still feel a little bit shame faced about it."

Not only did Burrow start against the Rams on Monday Night Football, he led Cincinnati to a 19-16 win, completing 26-of-49 passes for 259 yards.

Watch video of Brown's comments below. Check out his entire sit down with the media here.

“I went out there to tell [Joe Burrow] he wasn’t gonna play … He played.”

I asked #Bengals owner Mike Brown about his golf cart conversation with QB Joe Burrow, last September.

It was the week of the Bengals’ MNF game against the Rams. https://t.co/4iW2hWj5xx pic.twitter.com/j0XyKljmQ7
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