Overview
- Burrow told reporters "something's got to change," saying current players must reach a championship level or new talent must be added.
- Chase backed the quarterback’s stance, calling the issues "pretty obvious" and "100 percent fixable" without specifying solutions.
- Cincinnati fielded one of the league’s worst defenses, ranking last in yards allowed per game and near the bottom in points allowed.
- Burrow missed nine games following toe surgery; the Bengals went 5-2 in his starts and 1-8 without him this season.
- Burrow described his role as a conduit between the locker room, coaches and the front office as leadership weighs offseason decisions.