Joe Burrow's risky hits during Bengals' preseason game gets football fans worried

Trey Hendrickson has ended his holdout and will report to the Cincinnati Bengals’ training camp. Danny Parkins says that holdouts are "a thing of the past", and that he’s not surprised the Bengals haven’t paid Hendrickson.

There are two schools of thought for NFL preseason: The quarterback needs reps before Week 1, or they need to sit to avoid the chance of an injury. 

Some teams see a drive or two by their starting quarterback, and other first-teamers on both sides of the ball, just to play it safe. But the Cincinnati Bengals have not been doing that with star quarterback Joe Burrow. 

The Bengals have mentioned their slow starts in recent seasons, which has led to players like Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and more first-team offense getting significant reps this preseason. But what occurred on Monday night against the Washington Commanders had Bengals fans covering their eyes. 

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) sacked by Washington Commanders defensive end Dorance Armstrong (92) and Washington Commanders defensive end Jacob Martin (55) during the first half at Northwest Stadium on Aug. 18, 2025. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

During the first quarter, Burrow wasn’t playing things safe when he scrambled outside the pocket. With multiple Commanders defenders in pursuit, Burrow didn’t try to go out of bounds or slide, but rather turned around and tried scurrying away from them to keep the play alive. 

Burrow ended up running more than 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage and three different Washington linemen sacked him near the goal line. 

"Probably don’t want to see Joe Burrow doing this in a preseason game, or in any game, for that matter," The 33rd Team’s Ari