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QB · Cincinnati Bengals · week 2

Joe Burrow

  • TYPE Pocket passer
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2020 · R1 P1
  • EXP 6 seasons
  • AGE 29-31
  • DEPTH QB1

As of week 2, Joe Burrow was a QB for CIN, age 29.7, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 84 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons with 2 Pro Bowls. His injury history held 10 episodes (knee 3, wrist 2, arm 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 16.

The full read

In short

Joe Burrow is a starter at quarterback for CIN — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has listed him Questionable.

He is not on this week's injury report

Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.

Practice this week

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Sep 18LPdated Fri Sep 18LPdated Fri Sep 18

Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Pass yds / game272 range 190–428

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Rush yds / game9.6 range -1.0–20

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Completion %71.4% range 65–76

    wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers

  • Snap share100.0% range 100–100

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 100%wk 2
  3. 100%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 100%wk 5

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 2back1Questionable
2025 · wk 16knee1—
2025 · wk 11toe3Out
2024 · wk 1right wrist17—
2023 · wk 12right wrist1Out
2023 · wk 1calf4Questionable
2022 · wk 15right arm1—
2021 · wk 19knee2—
2021 · wk 18Not injury related1Questionable
2021 · wk 14right hand4—
2021 · wk 6throat2—
2021 · wk 2knee1—

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 12 episodes · 38 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3

  • ruled out
  • questionable
  • listed, and played

Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.

The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show

Profile — as of week 2

RoleQB1 · 100% snaps
Season2026 · 1 game through wk 1
Career6 seasons · 84 games before 2026
Honors2× Pro Bowl
Injuries10 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 16
Bioage 29.7 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 1

Where the profile comes from

Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chartfirst at quarterback
Snaps played100% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build6 ft 4 in · 215 lb
CollegeLSU; Ohio State
Drafted2020, round 1 pick 1, by CIN
Age29-31 at the season's start
Experience6 seasons

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week; the rest of his team's report.