Bengals' Joe Burrow Goes Off on Teammates and Coach in Profanity-Filled Rant
The Cincinnati Bengals begin training camp in 13 days. The team will gather for the first eight practices on July 23 at the Kettering Health Practice Fields.
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Coming off a 9-8 season where the team failed to make the playoffs, coach Zac Taylor hopes to make improvements this offseason, with a focus on eliminating unforced errors and mistakes, particularly on offense.
The Bengals were guilty of 19 false start penalties last season according to nflpenalties.com – well below the league average of 22.09. But some of those came at the most inopportune times for the team.
At one point, quarterback Joe Burrow had had enough.
As featured on the latest episode of "Quarterbacks" on Netflix, the former LSU Tiger and 2019 Heisman Trophy Award winner lost his "stuff" in a game against the Tennessee Titans last season.
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Video and microphones caught the moment Burrow went off on his teammates and coach Taylor on the sideline, as posted by Tyler Dunne.
"What in the [expletive] are we doing, man," Burrow shouted as he walked off the field following a penalty. "[Expletive] wake up! [Expletive] mental mistakes all [expletive] day."
Coach Taylor wasn't immune to Burrow's wrath, either. "Embarassing performance by us," Burrow continued. "[Expletive] embarrassing. [Expletive] that. [Expletive] that. We sucked today. That was embarrassing. We jumped offsides [expletive] eight times."
"Sometimes I walk into an emotional moment, and I know I'm walking into an emotional moment, and it becomes a really emotional moment," Taylor commented later. "It can be viewed as conflict, but it's really just passion for the game."
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"I understand that we won the game and we want to be happy that we won the game, but, at the same time, when things aren't good enough, I'm not going to act like they were," Burrow later added.
The Bengals won that road matchup against the Titans 37-27, but it was far from a perfect game. Burrow threw for 271 yards on 26-of-37 passing, and threw three touchdowns and two interceptions.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
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