A lot of folks around the NFL community are weighing in on the latest press conference from Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, which happened to fall on his 29th birthday.
Perhaps Burrow was more macro-contemplative than usual when he sat on the podium. Birthdays can be that way sometimes. It's another trip around the sun. Often a time to celebrate, but also to pause, reflect, and assess one's life.
It just so happened that cameras were on, Burrow was feeling vulnerable, and he put forth perhaps the clearest sign yet that all the injuries and losing are starting to take a toll on him, via NBC 5's Charlie Clifford:
"If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing this.