Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow needs surgery, what it means for him, what it means for the team,

and could he miss the entire 2025 season?

We'll break it all down right now on Locked on Bengals.

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Hi again, everyone, and happy Monday, unfortunate Monday.

This is the Locked on Bengals podcast.

I'm James Irpene.

We'll do a full show with Jake.

Let's go coming up later on Monday.

Zach Taylor is scheduled to talk.

We're scheduled to be in the locker room here from Dan Pitcher, but had to get to the breaking news of the morning.

Joe Burrow, well, let's be honest here.

He could be out for the season.

And I think that's where I want to be very, very direct.

Everything that I look at and I read, Joe Broe need surgery on this turf toe that he suffered,

this turf toe injury on his toe on his left foot.

And when you look at it, three months is the minimum.

Three months is the rosy picture where if he has surgery and everything goes really, really well, and he can make a recovery that he can be back this season. And I'm sure today, Joe was thinking, I'm going to be back this season. And the Bengals are saying, well, there's a chance Joe is back this season. But the reality is, and the reason why I wanted, part of why we were doing this video is to be honest with you

Joe Burrow could miss the entire season Joe Burrow might not be back this year and there's a

lot in the grand scheme of things to react to when you hear that sentence but let's just go

surface level in the moment what it means for the 2025 Bengals what it it means for Joe Burrow. First things first, you start 2 and O and you get off to this start that everyone was talking about that you needed to do. You needed to start fast. And they did it. The first time in the Zach Teller era, they get to 2 and O, but everyone listening, that's a Bengals fan, would certainly rather be 0-2 and have Joe Burrow.

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