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Are Bengals' declaration negotiations failing Joe Burrow? (1:09)
Jeremy Fowler and Andrew Hawkins interruption down Joe Burrow's mindset arsenic the Bengals navigate deals with different cardinal players. (1:09)
Ben BabyJul 8, 2025, 07:01 AM ET
- Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the institution successful July 2019. Prior to ESPN, helium worked for assorted newspapers successful Texas, astir precocious astatine The Dallas Morning News wherever helium covered assemblage sports. He provides regular sum of the Bengals for ESPN.com, portion making appearances connected SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A autochthonal of Grapevine, Texas, helium graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's grade successful journalism. He is an adjunct journalism prof astatine Southern Methodist University and a subordinate of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
CINCINNATI -- Last December's location burglary made Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow change his caput astir a large purchase.
Burrow canceled his erstwhile acquisition of a replica, afloat functioning Batmobile, helium revealed successful the latest play of the Netflix amusement "Quarterback" that was released Tuesday. The determination came aft his Cincinnati location was breached into past December portion the Bengals were connected the roadworthy playing the Dallas Cowboys.
Burrow's novelty conveyance acquisition was initially revealed during past year's in-season installment of "Hard Knocks," which chronicled the seasons of the 4 AFC North teams. But successful "Quarterback," Burrow confirmed that the robbery altered his plans.
"I didn't extremity up getting the Batmobile due to the fact that I conscionable had different things I wanted to woody with astatine that point," Burrow said.
Both the Netflix bid and HBO's "Hard Knocks" covered Burrow's archetypal excitement implicit the acquisition that retails astatine $3 million. Once the break-in occurred, however, Burrow's tenor shifted.
On the show, Burrow spoke extensively astir the burglary that led to aggregate arrests and a national expansive assemblage indictment that alleged Burrow's location was robbed by members successful a ample transgression network.
"I conscionable get precise uncomfortable," Burrow told the show. "My beingness is precise public. That comes with the job, but there's definite parts of your beingness that are yours. Your location is 1 of those."
One country from "Quarterback" showed Burrow having a speech with erstwhile Bengals antiaircraft coordinator Lou Anarumo astir what happened. Along with the discomfort that came with an accrued quality beingness astir his location and different idiosyncratic information, similar the nexus betwixt Burrow and societal media influencer Olivia Ponton, Burrow expressed semipermanent concerns astir the situation.
"We'll spot if I extremity up moving oregon not," Burrow told Anarumo successful footage aired connected the show. "Now the full satellite knows wherever I unrecorded now. But that hasn't been precise amusive to woody with."
Legal records amusement Burrow's location has not transferred owners since it was purchased for $7.5 cardinal successful July 2023, soon earlier Burrow signed a $275 cardinal declaration hold with the Bengals.
