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Another day, more proof Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has notably won over his teammates.
That includes veteran tight end C.J. Uzomah, who notes Burrow’s leadership is infectious.
This was perhaps no more apparent to Uzomah than Monday when Burrow almost casually marched the offense down the field, making important checks at the line of scrimmage in the process.
From Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:
“He said a few things just to get us motivated. He said we’re going to do this real quick and see what happens and then I will check us in and out of this play if we need to and I think we executed pretty flawlessly going down the stretch and knowing we needed a touchdown.
“He’s making all the right reads. He’s getting us in and out of all the right protections and making all the right checks and certain checks I didn’t even know we were allowed to check into.”
Uzomah capped it off with something fans will like to see: “He’s like, ‘Why not? Go out there and do this. Come in here and do this.’ It’s been a lot of fun, honestly…He’s the real deal, I will say that.”
Burrow ripped through the first-team defense Monday, a big bounceback performance for the rookie after running into some struggles against the pass-rush on Sunday.
His command at the line of scrimmage isn’t shocking considering how open coaches have been about giving him “full authority” there. It’s also one of many recent times Burrow has impressed a teammate, including Tee Higgins being shocked by the power behind his throws.
Since there isn’t a preseason this year, these continual notes on Burrow are about as good as it gets and great news out of training camp.
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