Joe Burrow: Bengals could use some luck like the Chiefs have had this season
Days before the Bengals played the Chiefs in Week 2 of the NFL season, Cincinnati receiver Ja’Marr Chase was asked by reporters if he thought his team was the AFC’s best.
“Everybody knows that, bro,” Chase said, per ESPN. “It’s not ‘if.’ We are the team to beat in the AFC. And we know it. And we gotta play like it, too.”
Unfortunately for Chase, the Bengals haven’t played like it. They lost to the Chiefs on Sept. 15 and fell to 0-2 on the season. Cincinnati went into its bye week with a 4-7 record.
The Bengals returned to action Sunday but lost 44-38 at home to the Steelers. With a 4-8 record, Cincinnati will need some help to make the postseason.
During CBS Sports’ coverage of the Bengals’ loss, announcer Ian Eagle recounted a conversation he had with Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow a few days earlier. They talked about the Bengals’ struggles this season.
It seems Burrow believes the Chiefs’ 11-1 start is due to some good fortune and he wishes his team had it.
“Joe Burrow, when we spoke with him, he said the response from the team, just excited to get back out there,” Eagle told viewers. “He believes the team practices really hard. They don’t change their approach at all. They just maybe need some of that Kansas City Chiefs luck. That’s the way he put it.”
Well, that’s one way to look at how this season has gone for the Chiefs and Bengals.
