A single snapshot from Super Bowl LVI should haunt everyone within the Cincinnati Bengals organization for the next seven months and motivate them to be even better.
That image? Quarterback Joe Burrow lying on the SoFi Stadium turf, writhing in pain yet again from another sack. Fortunately, the 25-year-old signal-caller is tough as nails and came back into the game, but it was only to see his team falter when it mattered the most.
But that moment will help to galvanize the entire franchise.
"One quarterback that I love to play for is him," cornerback Chidobe Awuzie said of Burrow after the 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.