Joe Burrow is ahead of schedule the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback,

shocking the NFL world with a return to practice on Monday.

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Well, not Bengals fans, and welcome to a little bonus episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast,

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I'm Jake Liscoe.

He is James Rapine, and we've got some good news coming out of

Paycourt Stadium is Joe Burrow well ahead of schedule has returned to practice, albeit in a limited

capacity for the Cincinnati Bengals. And that is a topic of this bonus episode, how Burrow returned

to the field so quickly, what his plan is and what the

Bengals need to do before he can return to play because it won't be this weekend against Pittsburgh

for Joe to actually take the field again this year. And James, this is unexpected news, obviously.

We're less than two months removed from Joe Burroughs surgery to repair that severe turf toe injury.

Sounds like he's been running for a few weeks.

He said in his press conference after practice, he also mentioned that he's been doing lower body lifting for a while.

Feels like this recovery has been relatively straightforward,

especially compared to some of his other injuries,

says that he's very confident in his understanding of how to recover

from ligament injuries at this point because he's dealt now with so many throughout his career.

But what a jolt it was on Monday.

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