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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Joe Burrow Designated for Return

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

We got some surprise news on Monday, as the Bengals designated Joe Burrow for return from IR. Burrow is targeting a return to the field in Week 13. Jeff breaks down the news and discusses where he has Burrow for the remainder of the season and how he's handling Burrow in leagues where he's on waivers. Jeff also discusses why he isn't forcing a trade for Burrow.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Right back where you at.

0:13.8

Yo, what's up?

0:16.0

It's Tuesday, November 11th, Week 11 is officially here.

0:25.5

And man, we got some news yesterday the Giants fired their head coach they're the second team to do so this season joining the Tennessee Titans

0:30.6

they also happen to be both of those teams one and two in terms of the worst and second worst team in the NFL right now.

0:40.2

So I guess no surprises, no coincidences there.

0:43.0

But that's not what I want to talk about today.

0:44.9

I actually want to talk about all this news surrounding Joe Burrow because that was a pleasant surprise yesterday.

0:50.4

We didn't expect Joe Burrow to be back, really until week 15 was the target point for

0:58.6

this whole time since he went out. He goes out in the very beginning of the season, and it seemed like,

1:05.1

yeah, December return was likely. Had the surgery, got to work, and here we are designated to return it's week 11 now he's

1:14.7

already it's out there he's not playing this week joe flacco is going to play this week and it doesn't

1:21.7

seem likely he's going to play next week in fact he's come out and said it. Jay Glazer over at Fox has already said it as well.

1:29.7

That Burrow is targeting a week 13 return. Well, week 13 is also known as two weeks left in the

1:37.3

fantasy football regular season, which is a completely different dynamic than week 15.

1:42.1

He comes back in week 15. and by the way, for anybody who

1:45.7

dropped him, like, I wouldn't be kicking yourself necessarily here. And I want to talk about

1:49.7

all that in a minute. But if he comes back in week 15, your season could be over. You know,

1:54.4

there was no sense in holding out hope there. Now, he comes back in week 13, a little bit of a different

1:59.0

dynamic. And all we can really do

2:01.4

when it comes to injuries is essentially go by the timetable we're given. And sometimes that

2:09.6

timetable is off. Sometimes these guys come back a little sooner, but more often than not,

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