Tuesday Trenches: Preseason Game 1 reaction

We did it.

The Cincinnati Bengals took the field on Saturday evening against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their first of three preseason games. They didn’t win, and it didn’t matter.

We got to see our first, and probably only, glimpse of Joe Burrow during the preseason. We got to see Tee Higgins do what Higgins does. We got to see Dax Hill at cornerback. We got to see some young guys do good things, and we got to see some veterans do some bad things.

Here are some things that caught my eye:

Rookie wide receiver Jermaine Burton didn’t disappoint in his NFL debut. He finished with 3 receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown. It’s not the stats, though. It’s the fact he caught every one of his…