Joe Burrow's former college coach says he was taken aback by QB's concerning comments about NFL future

Joe Burrow's coach at LSU, Ed Orgeron, admits to Fox News Digital he was taken back by the Cincinnati Bengals' latest comments about having fun on the gridiron.

Joe Burrow stunned the football world last week after making concerning comments about his long-term commitment to playing professional football.

Burrow entered the league in 2020 but has dealt with numerous injuries during his budding career. He tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee during his rookie season, suffered a torn ligament in his right wrist in 2023 and missed several games this season with a turf toe injury.

"If I wanna keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it. I’ve been through a lot and if it’s not fun, what am I doing it for? So, that’s the mindset I’m trying to bring to the table," Burrow said.

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LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron celebrates with quarterback Joe Burrow after a victory against the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. (Matthew Emmons/Imagn Images)

There are surely going to be ups and downs throughout a football career, but the comments even took Burrow's former coach, Ed Orgeron, by surprise.

"I never heard Joe sound like that, so it did strike me, yeah," Orgeron said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "But Joe's going to bounce back. Joe's a fighter. He might have had a bad day, so somebody might have told him something that p'd him off on the way over there. I don't know, but I do believe he's a fighter and I do believe he has a lot of football left. I do believe he's going to fight through it."

Orgeron and Burrow will forever be attached, as Burrow transferred to Orgeron’s LSU and went on to win the