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Joe Burrow Shows More Signs Of Strong Recovery Path From Turf Toe Injury

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Oct 16, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) walks on the sideline before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images
Oct 16, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) walks on the sideline before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images

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CINCINNATI —  Joe Burrow showed more signs of great recovery on the sideline during Sunday's 47-42 Bengals loss to the Bears at home. Cincinnati may not play well enough to warrant a comeback from him this season, but Burrow was walking fine and throwing on the sideline.

He is projected to be healthy in mid to late December. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor updated his recovery last week. Burrow suffered a serious turf toe injury in Week 2.

"He’s been good. I don’t have any updates [on the progress]. It’s gone as we had hoped," Taylor said about Burrow. "He’s had a great attitude, great energy about him. He’s in the meetings, met with him one-on-one, he’s been great to be around, optimistic, and things have been going well, but I don’t have any update on the timeline."

The Bengals may not have much for him to come back to if their historically bad defense doesn't pull off some kind of miracle turnaround.

Cincinnati is 3-6 and holds a 7.4% chance to make the playoffs. They likely have to win seven of the final eight games to make the AFC playoff field.

"It's one team. To have that one team, you need to focus on yourself and do your job," Burrow's backup, Joe Flacco, said Sunday on how to move forward with a lagging defense. "And I get it can get emotional, but there are times to be emotional and show people that, but usually those times are in good things and towards people you love. And I think if we're emotional, then we should come at it with an angle of this is my brother, as opposed to the opposite of that. I think that's what good, hard-working people do. They don't look at other people. They look inward. And doesn't matter what the situation is, they look inward."

Cincinnati has a week off before facing the Steelers on Nov. 16.

Check out Burrow throwing below via video from WCPO's Marshall Kramsky:

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Russ Heltman is a contributor for AllBearcats and AllBengals. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH.  Russ can be found on Twitter: @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.

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