Why Joe Burrow COULD return against New England Patriots THIS WEEK!

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Zac Taylor turned down multiple opportunities to rule Joe Burrow out for the Cincinnati Bengals' Week 12 matchup with the New England Patriots, then Burrow went "full" for the Bengals' Wednesday practice. That raised our eyebrows. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down why Burrow would come back this week, the pros and cons of his return now instead of later, and how much of a difference he makes for a team with a fatal flaw on defense against Drake Maye and the surging Patriots.

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0:00.0	Zach Taylor is just refusing to rule Joe Burrow out.
0:04.6	Is he going to return against a Patriots?
0:07.1	Let's break down the pros and cons in today's Locked-on Bengals.
0:15.7	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:20.8	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:25.4	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.2	What on Bengals fans?
0:29.5	Welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.
0:35.9	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network out there.
0:36.8	I'm Jake Liskow.
0:40.3	He's James Rapine, and together we are Lock are locked on Bengals covering your Cincinnati Bengals since 2016, your best place to get all of your
0:45.7	Bengals information in one stop anywhere.
0:50.1	And today we dive into the potential return of Joe Burrow, the amount of smoke building around
0:57.0	Zach Taylor making media appearances, not saying no when asked if Joe Burrow would return
1:04.3	this week and he was a full go in practice on Wednesday further stoking those speculative flames. That's where we start
1:14.3	in that whole conversation. And then there are pros and cons and a Patriots matchup that
1:20.1	is certainly going to be difficult even if Joe Burrow is out there for the Bengals this week.
1:27.1	But James, it started with the press conference for Zach Taylor on Wednesday.
1:32.6	And I joked about this.
1:34.6	It was 95% a joke on Monday about like,
1:39.9	maybe he comes back this week.
1:42.6	And now here we are.
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