Joe Burrow in 'really good place' with body following turf toe injury

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has dealt with his fair share of injuries throughout his six years in the NFL. That list includes the turf toe injury that cost him about three months of the 2025 season.

The hope is that Burrow can enjoy a stroke of good luck with the injury bug. For right now, Burrow says he is feeling the best he has felt in a long time, as noted in an interview with USA Today’s Sports Seriously.

“It’s the best I’ve felt in a long time,” Burrow said. “I had some tough years with injuries and stuff, and it took a while to get my body the way I wanted it, but now I’m in a really good place. I had a lot of time this year. You know, I hurt my big toe in Week 2, and I couldn’t be on the field, but it wasn’t as debilitating an injury as some of the others I’ve had. So I was able to keep working out and staying in shape, keeping my body strong. I had time to recover and still got back to play. The older I get, the more knowledge I have about my body to make sure I’m doing the right things to put myself in positions to be as strong, fast, and powerful as I can be.”

Burrow has played at least 16 games in three of his six seasons. Two of those seasons, 2021 and 2022, the Bengals reached the AFC Championship Game, including a berth in Super Bowl LXI. In all three of those seasons, Burrow threw for at least 4,400 yards, including a career-high 4,918 yards and 43 touchdowns in 2024.

In eight games in 2025, Burrow threw for 1,809 yards, 17 touchdowns and five interceptions. The Bengals went 5-3 in his eight starts. They went 1-8 in the other nine games.

Given the improvements on defense this offseason, if Burrow can stay healthy, the Bengals could be poised for a big comeback in 2026. They were favored in 15 games when the 2026 schedule was released in mid-May, including their season-opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five of their six divisional games.