Bengals’ Joe Burrow Goes Off on Teammates and Coach in Profanity-Filled Rant originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The start of Cincinnati Bengals training camp is just 13 days away as the team will gather for the first eight practices open to the public on July 23 at the Kettering Health Practice Fields.
Coming off a 9-8 season where they failed to make the playoffs, head coach Zac Taylor hopes to make improvements this offseason, with a focus on eliminating unforced errors and mistakes, particularly on offense.
The Bengals were guilty of 19 false start penalties last season per nflpenalties.com, well below the league average of 22.09. But some of those came at the most inopportune times for the team.
And at one point, star quarterback Joe Burrow had had enough.
As featured on the latest episode of Quarterbacks on Netflix, the former LSU Tiger and 2019 Heisman Trophy Award winner lost his “stuff” in a game against the Tennessee Titans last season.
Video and microphones caught the moment Burrow went off on his teammates and coach Zac Taylor on the sideline, as posted by Tyler Dunne.
Love this from Joe Burrow on Quarterback. pic.twitter.com/Yp0A4LkY3g
— Tyler Dunne (@TyDunne) July 8, 2025
“What in the f— are we doing, man,” Burrow shouted as he walked off the field following a penalty. “F—— wake up! F—ing mental mistakes all f—ing day.”
Coach Zac Taylor wasn’t immune to Burrow’s wrath, either. “Embarassing performance by us,” Burrow continued. “F—ing embarrassing. F— that. F— that. We sucked today. That was embarrassing. We jumped offsides f—ing eight times.”
“Sometimes I walk into an emotional moment and I know I’m walking into an emotional moment and it becomes a really emotional moment,” Taylor commented later. “It can be viewed as conflict, but it’s really just passion for the game.”
“I understand that we won the game and we want to be happy that we won the game, but, at the same time, when things aren’t good enough, I’m not going to act like they were,” Burrow later added.
The Bengals won that Dec. 15 road matchup against the Titans 37-27, but it was far from a perfect game. Burrow threw for 271 yards on 26-of-37 passing, and threw three touchdowns and two interceptions.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 10, 2025, where it first appeared.