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Bengals: Why Joe Burrow shouldn’t be hurt by odd offseason

Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

Joe Burrow won’t get to officially work with his new Bengals teammates until late July but that shouldn’t hurt his rookie campaign too much.

How the NFL’s virtual offseason will impact the crop of 2020 rookie quarterbacks, especially Joe Burrow, has been a topic of conversation since the pandemic shut down team facilities in March. Operations have slowly started to reopen, but most players won’t be present until training camp starts in late July.

Unsurprisingly, Cincinnati’s coaches have sung Burrow’s praises throughout this unconventional offseason.