CINCINNATI — Bengals owner Mike Brown spoke to the media on Monday before training camp begins this week.
The soon-to-be 89-year-old admitted he made a mistake last season when he lifted Joe Burrow into his golf cart at the start of practice when the star quarterback was dealing with a calf injury ahead of their Week 3 matchup with the Rams.
“I try to stay out of the way enough so I’m not in the way. I don’t want to be a problem for the coaches,” Brown said. “At that particular time I went overboard and did something stupid. I was adamant that I shouldn’t play and it looked like he wanted to play in that game and I went out and told him I wasn’t going to play. I was going to make sure he didn’t play, and he did play. … I still feel a little embarrassed about that.”
Burrow not only started against the Rams on Monday Night Football, but led Cincinnati to a 19-16 victory, completing 26 of 49 passes for 259 yards.
Watch video of Brown’s comments below. See his full media interview here.
“I went out and told him (Joe Burrow) that he wasn’t going to play… He played.”
I asked #Bengals Owner Mike Brown on his golf cart conversation with QB Joe Burrow last September.
It was the week of the Bengals vs. Rams MNF game. https://t.co/4iW2hWj5xx photo.twitter.com/j0XyKljmQ7
— Caleb Noe (@CalebNoeTV) July 22, 2024
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