Did you cover your eyes watching Joe Burrow play a preseason game like it was the Super Bowl on Monday? Some of his coaches and teammates probably did, too.

Stephen A. Smith went scorched earth on Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor over his Joe Burrow Decision.

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.

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

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.

Bengals fans held their breath as quarterback Joe Burrow was brought down violently twice during preseason action against the Commanders.

"Well Jake Browning, he comes in now," Troy Aikman said during the broadcast. "He takes over. Oh, excuse me. No Burrow, he's back in."