Nick Sirianni calls benching Jalen Hurts “ridiculous” + Is Joe Burrow thinking about leaving Bengals? (12/11 Hour 1)

PFT Live with Mike Florio

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Hour 1: Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) and Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) discuss latest news in NFL including Nick Sirianni calling the idea of benching Jalen Hurts “ridiculous”, Joe Burrow hoping to have fun again playing football, and a look at the possibility of Burrow leaving Bengals.

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0:00.0	Coming up today on PFC Live, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow makes some comments that should have the team very concerned.
0:06.6	Eagles coach Nick Siriani explains why it's ridiculous to consider the possibility of benching quarterback Jalen Hertz.
0:12.6	Plus, we get you ready for the Thursday night game between the Falcons and the Buccaneers.
0:16.6	All that and more next on PFT Live.
0:21.6	Are there any gifts that you've got from teammates that stand out and you don't anything like that?
0:25.6	The old one got me a cool little Pokemon box.
0:30.0	That's it.
0:30.9	What's in the Pokemon box?
0:32.6	I don't know.
0:32.8	I haven't opened yet.
0:33.3	I don't know. That was Joe Burrow yesterday, his 29th birthday.
0:47.4	And that came at the end of a press conference that was surprisingly dark and dejected, and we're going to play more of it.
0:59.0	It all turned when the subject became Pokemon.
1:03.9	He became very animated and engaged, and he took us down the Pokemon rabbit hole.
1:10.5	And, hey, Joe, my gift's on the way by the way
1:12.3	this is the first Thursday Chris has been here
1:14.5	Thursday is the day that I push Big Shield
1:16.9	it's Christmas time it's Christmas time
1:19.3	you can get it thank you for the single shot here
1:21.3	so I can get the whole thing in
1:22.2	you can get this for 1499
1:24.6	it's a great gift you'll get it now
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