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Joe Burrow Is Hyped about a Former Viking

Few NFLers have as pristine a reputation as Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, so when the young quarterback offers his stamp of approval, folks listen.

And the 26-year-old wasn’t shy recently about endorsing former Minnesota Vikings tight end Irv Smith.

Joe Burrow Is Hyped about a Former Viking

Smith joined the Bengals in March after his rookie deal in Minnesota expired, and the Vikings didn’t re-up the Alabama alumnus. Cincinnati was tentatively slated to select a tight end in last month’s draft, but that theory was false, and Smith appears to be on deck for TE1 duties in September.