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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

Last season, the Bengals surprised everyone by reaching the Super Bowl. Their star quarterback, Joe Burrow played a pivotal part in achieving that. This year, they again qualified for the playoffs by clinching the AFC North title. In the week 18 game against the Ravens, they had a comfortable victory over them. After the game, a reporter asked Burrow about their potential window in the playoffs. In reply, the Bengals’ quarterback gave a blunt answer.

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As his response surfaced on social media, fans criticized him massively and called him arrogant. However, many fans also praised his attitude as a quarterback.

NFL fans criticize Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow for his recent arrogant comment

After the Ravens games, Burrow said,The window is my whole career. Everybody that we have in our locker room, all the coaches we have, things are going to change year to year, but our window is always open.

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After seeing his response, many fans took a dig at him, as one person on Twitter called him cringy.

One fan straight-up called him arrogant.

Another fan just laughed at his answer.

One Twitter user used a 7-Eleven joke.

Another Twitter user mocked the Bengals organization as well.

A fan used some harsh words to describe his answer.

Meanwhile, a fan criticized his performance against the Ravens, as they were playing their 3rd string team.

One more fan took a dig at his ‘window open’ statement regarding their cap space.

Another fan took a dig at his dressing sense.

Meanwhile, one fan praised him for showing confidence.

 

It is worth noting that Burrow joined the Bengals in the 2020 season. A year later, he became a starter for the team, and the Bengals clinched the AFC North title now in two consecutive seasons. Moreover, under Burrow’s leadership, they reached the Super Bowl last season. Although many believed it was a fluke run in the previous year, this year’s performance from Burrow is undoubtedly not a fluke.

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The Bengals will play the Ravens once again

In the wild-card round, the Bengals will play against the Ravens once again in a week’s time. So far, they have played each other twice this season; winning one of each meeting. However, the Ravens QB Lamar Jackson has not played the last game and there’s a big question mark over his participation in the wild card game as well.

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Jackson’s absence will give the Bengals and Burrow a better chance of winning. Certainly, the Bengals have played better than the last year and they reached the Super Bowl. So, Burrow and Co. could be in for another fairy tale run for the Lombardi trophy.

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