Zac Taylor Addresses Jermaine Burton's Inactive Status Against Raiders

The Bengals offense performed well on Sunday down multiple players.

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton (81) celebrates a first down on a deep pass in the second quarter of the NFL Week 8 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

CINCINNATI — Zac Taylor addressed Jermaine Burton's status on Sunday following the Bengals 41-24 win over Las Vegas. The rookie was a healthy scratch after reportedly not showing up for Saturday's walkthrough.

Burton has played 49 snaps this season and Taylor is adamant Cincinnati wants to help him be the best player he can be with this team.

"Yeah, Jermaine was a big part of the plan," Taylor noted. "And as the week unfolded, there was a lot of positive things people were saying about him. It was all true. And then late in the week, we just got to handle all of our business the right way. And so I can sit here and say it was a difficult decision to make him inactive, but it was absolutely the right decision, with all the information we had. And he's a guy who's going to have, I think, a really good career here, and we're going to support him, and he wants to help us win and do things the right way.

"Today was just a necessary step we had to make, but we're going to get him back in the fold and keep him moving along and becoming a pro. And there's a lot of things to love about Jermaine, so his best days are in front of him, and we're gonna make sure he achieves that.

Cincinnati's offense didn't need him to execute at a high level on Sunday, with Joe Burrow playing one of his best NFL games en route to the blowout. Still, getting Burton to buy into his opportunity would be ideal facing a quick turnaround for Thursday's game against Baltimore.

Taylor did not go into details about why he was ultimately inactive following the no-show report this weekend.

"I still think that his best days are ahead of him," Taylor concluded. "We're going to help him get there and he wants it for himself. We want it for him as well. Sometimes you have to do things that are like what we did to help him get to that next part and he understands that and we're going to help him get there."

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