Overview
- Burrow hosted his linemen at his Cincinnati home, where displays of dinosaur, cave bear and mammoth fossils awaited them.
- Players selected their pieces by arrival order and seniority, according to ESPN’s Ben Baby, in a twist on the NFL’s typical holiday gifting.
- Center Ted Karras chose a woolly mammoth tusk estimated at about 30,000 years old, while tackles Orlando Brown Jr. and Amarius Mims picked cave bear skulls.
- Rookie Dylan Fairchild received a Tyrannosaurus rex artifact, and multiple linemen publicly praised the creativity and care behind the presents.
- The gifts continue Burrow’s themed approach from last year’s samurai swords and align with his fossil interest shown on Netflix’s Quarterback, as he navigates a 5-10 Bengals season that included toe surgery and a recent AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor after a four-touchdown win over Miami.