Former All-Pro center Jason Kelce would've pulled Burrow from the game.

Starting quarterback Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals ' first-team offense left the team's NFL preseason game against the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, early in the second quarter.

With Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Joe Burrow has a pair of standout receivers to target in the passing game. But the quarterback is backing another player that is fighting for a roster spot, one who put on a show Monday night against the Washington Commanders.

Burrow’s preference comes through in the answer. It’s “great” to get the deals done early, like the Bengals did with Higgins and Chase. And while the NFL is a deadline-driven business, the deadline when a player is holding in shouldn’t be Week 1. It should be tied to the practical deadline for getting the player ready to go for Week 1.

A collective moment of panic was felt by the Cincinnati Bengals and the football community as a whole in Monday’s preseason Week 2 matchup with the Washington Commanders.Joe Burrow took a frightening horse-caller hit from Commanders defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr.

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow played three series to open Monday night's game against the Commanders and the final possession saw him sharing the field with a different supporting cast.

Joe Burrow was showing off his "nerdy" side recently when he spent some time with a chess grandmaster for a chat and a game.