CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals have great expectations and a high level of uncertainty while the New England Patriots are set to enter the unknown of a new era when the teams open the 2024 season on Sunday afternoon. In his first action since a season-ending wrist injury last November and subsequent surgery, Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow played the first series of the preseason but didn't take the field for the remainder of the exhibition schedule. Burrow completed 5 of 7 passes for 51 yards, including a 10-yard score to Tee Higgins in a 17-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug.
Patriots begin life without Bill Belichick vs. optimistic Bengals
