CINCINNATI -- A few days before the season opened, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow made a comment that shouldn't shock anybody.
After saying each game requires a "different Joe," the flavor Burrow said he enjoyed the most is the one that throws for 530 yards. But what's fun for quarterbacks makes defensive coordinators miserable.
In the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Burrow and the Bengals quickly discovered how teams will try to make Cincinnati's high-powered offense more vanilla. Pittsburgh played a Cover 2 defense to restrict the Bengals from any big plays in a 23-20 overtime win.