Here's how history will look back at the 2023 season of the Joe Burrow era with the Cincinnati Bengals: Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury, and that was the only reason the Bengals missed the playoffs and a shot at a long-awaited Super Bowl.
It won't be entirely true. Losing Burrow, one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, obviously didn't help. But the Bengals had other issues.
The Bengals were just 5-5 in Burrow's starts. They were 4-3 without him. As unbelievable as it sounds, Jake Browning had a better passer rating (98.