Joe Burrow had a number of people wondering if he was going to follow Andrew Luck into an early retirement late last season. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback is now making it clear that those fears were unfounded.
Burrow said in a new interview that he did used to think he would not want to play in the NFL for too long. Now, however, he is much more eager to play until the wheels fall off.
“I used to think I didn’t want to play very long, and now I’m like, I’m just going to go until I can’t do it anymore. This is fun to do. What the hell else would I do?” Burrow told Albert Breer of The MMQB. “I used to want to go and maybe play a different sport after a couple of Super Bowls, but now I’m like, I’m just going to play until I can’t.”
Those words will be a big relief to Bengals fans. Last season, there was some panic when Burrow suggested he was no longer having fun in Cincinnati, and questioned why he would keep playing if he was not enjoying himself. That quickly led to comparisons with Luck, but those comparisons can seemingly stop now.
Burrow is very driven to have a great season and contend for a Super Bowl this year. There is certainly no reason to question his motivation at the moment.
