Joe Burrow Addresses His Latest Controversy - Whether His Wrist Is Strong Enough To Hold a Water Bottle
Icon Sportswire. Getty Images.NFL Week 1 overreactions are the best. People wait a whole offseason just to lose their minds over one game. There's always one team that completely stuns you with how poorly they show up to start the year. The Browns and Titans had losses to put them near the top of this discussion, but the Bengals hold that crown at the moment. You can't lose at home to a rookie coach with arguably the worst roster in the game. The Patriots coming into Cincinnati and making fools of the Bengals was not on my bingo board of potential surprises. I'd assume more than half of survivor pools across the land had entries eliminated just off that game alone. Jerod Mayo and his boys pulled off the upset, sending the Bengals faithful into a tailspin. Factor in Joe Burrow coming off wrist surgery, Joe Mixon now a Texan, Chase in the middle of a big contract dispute, with Tee Higgins injured and you're gonna get fans ready to become the Joker.
Things got so out of control that we've got people analyzing how Joe Burrow picks up a water bottle.
I love this. It's so stupid and so irrational that it's perfect. As fans we're always over-analyzing players mannerisms and body language. Is that guy limping? Are those two guys angry at each other? Here we're talking wrist strength when it comes to holding a bottle of water. Joe probably walked into that presser expecting questions about his 55.8 QBR or 5.7 average yards per attempt. Maybe talk about his abysmal EPA.
Nope, he got hit with how he can't hold a water bottle with one hand. Incredible.
How could Joe Burrow hit Chase on a deep ball if his wrist can't support a water bottle? I wish Skip and Stephen A were still in their primes together so they could break this down for half an hour.
If I was a Bengals fan I'd more worried about the haircut than the water bottle. Gotta ditch the frosted tips after a game like that. Just can't keep rolling with those. If he came out with his normal hair in Kansas City this upcoming weekend I'd responsibly place a wager on the Bengals no problem. Forget the water bottle, dump the tips Joe.
