Cincinnati Bengals players have had plenty of praise recently for Joe Burrow.
Players have been stunned at how well he’s making changes at the line of scrimmage. Some have compared him to Aaron Rodgers. And A.J. Green has even said he thinks Burrow will be great for the next 15 years.
But those are comments from within the team formed by players closely working with Burrow. Fans and outside observers haven’t seen as much on a personal level and haven’t even been able to attend camp.
Fret not though, as Burrow himself quietly displayed some of that leadership recently at a training camp practice by taking it upon himself to move a training dummy. The team and Mark Slaughter of WLWT captured the footage:
Rookie Responsibilities pic.twitter.com/aNxcDgv7Gt
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) August 28, 2020
.@JoeyB pulling that dummy around like a true team player this afternoon at #Bengals camp #WhoDey @WLWT pic.twitter.com/GXDU8ZSrng
— Mark Slaughter (@MarkVSlaughter) August 27, 2020
It’s the little things that can speak volumes to other players. This is typical rookie stuff, but one wouldn’t necessarily think the No. 1 pick coming off the greatest season ever by a collegiate passer — who buys $25,000 chains to stay fresh — would move a dummy on his lonesome.
But Burrow just keeps exceeding expectations.
