There haven’t been many All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals quarterbacks over the last 30 years, but there have been some all-league nicknames.
Shake-n-Blake. Boomer Esiason. The Red Rifle.
Now, Tiger King enters the picture with rookie quarterback Joe Burrow.
Tiger King, a 10-part Netflix series, was released March 20, and the titular character’s first name is Joe.
Three days after the show was released, Fox Sports personality Sal Iacono became the first person to tweet about the connection between Joe Burrow and Tiger King. Burrow was one of the best college quarterbacks in NCAA history, and a Bengal is a type of tiger.