Joe Burrow Reflects on Bengals Falling Short Despite Stellar Individual Seasons: 'Tough Pill To Swallow'

Cincinnati is 4-6 on the year entering a mini break.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) communicates with his team in the first quarter of the NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Banks Stadium in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. / Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase lit up the Ravens again...in a loss. Cincinnati is now 4-6 after another close defeat to Baltimore.

Cincinnati's top player threw for 428 yards and four TDs, but it wasn't enough.

“Look at how we are playing, and then you look at Trey Hendrickson and how he is playing, yeah, it's a tough pill to swallow," Burrow said about high levels of play not being enough. "We had our opportunities, obviously. We know it's tough, and you feel like you're playing well enough to win, and you're not. But there's always more to do.” 

Cincinnati has essentially seen four close wins slip away on four plays to flip a potential 8-2 record, to 4-6.

“Sometimes, it's the way the ball bounces. That’s the game," Burrow said about close losses. "But you just [must] be ready when your opportunity comes and presents itself and be ready to make a play. You never know when it's going to come [or] what situation it's going to be in. In backups, you never know when your opportunity presents itself when guys go down, you’ve got to go take advantage of it and go from there.” 

Burrow left it all out on the field with that stat line, plus, a whopping 13 QB hits by Baltimore. A few of those clearly fell under roughing the passer, but not for Burrow.

“You know I feel like I have never gotten those calls," Burrow said about late hits in the pocket. "So, I don’t really expect that. I feel like there were a couple that were close. Again, I don’t expect those.” 

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