Overview
- During a Dec. 10 news conference, the Bengals quarterback expanded on postgame remarks and said, “If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it.”
- He said the perspective does not lessen his desire to win.
- He tied the change to accumulated injuries, including turf toe surgery that cost him nine games, plus past knee and wrist injuries, and he now wears a carbon fiber plate with a custom orthotic.
- After opening his 21-day practice window Nov. 10, he returned on Thanksgiving against the Ravens and then started the Dec. 7 loss to the Bills.
- Cincinnati is 4-9 and not talking playoffs, and a loss to Baltimore on Dec. 14 would lock in a third straight season without the postseason.