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Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals Joe Burrow will play football with a carbon fiber toe cap in his shoe, battle it out to score two touchdowns and win the deciding game.
But it seems there is something he won't do. He didn't seem to have any interest in the Maryland crabs after the team's win over Baltimore Ravens on Thursday evening.
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Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joe Burrow (9), joined by cornerback Geno Stone (22), cornerback Myles Murphy (99) and center Ted Karras (64), talk with NBC Sports sideline reporter Melissa Stark (right) following an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
He and nearly all of his teammates joined NBC's Melissa Stark at the postgame dinner table set up at M&T Bank Stadium, a tradition during NFL games on Thanksgiving Day.
Burrow picked up the crab and tried to hand it to one of his guys. He then smelled it and asked Stark what it was. When he was told it was a hard shell crab, he put it back and shook his head as if he tasted something sour. The rest of the team ate the turkey.
JOE BURROW SHINES BACK AS BENGALS DOMINATE RAVENS ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) holds the John Madden Award while talking to the media after the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on November 27, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagn Images)
“It’s great to be back,” he told Starc after the game. “Of course, it’s not easy to go through this, but this moment is worth it. It's nice to be back with the guys.”
For what it's worth, Burrow told NBC that he Favorite Thanksgiving dish there was pumpkin pie.
He finished the game 24 of 46 passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns. He threw one to Andrei Iosivas and the other to Tanner Hudson.
Burrow missed several weeks due to… toe injury on the lawnwhich he suffered from in the second week. He returned to the field earlier than expected as the Bengals' playoff hopes began to fade.
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The team isn't completely out of commission yet, but it can't afford another blemish on its record.
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