Burrow tried taping it. He tried putting on a glove. ("Eventually I just said to hell with all of that.") At one point it looked like he was screaming in pain as he released the ball while throwing on the sidelines. He stopped throwing, but just for an instant. He said he never thought about coming out. He ended up not putting anything on it at all.
"That never crossed my mind." said Burrow of coming out. "It's just something I'm going have to deal with. I'm not going to miss any games because of it. That's not something that is going to happen."
His coaches and teammates shrugged. They're not surprised by what they get from the guy's toughness. He hung in there despite getting sacked a season-high six times and hit five more times.
"We didn't talk about it. He just went out there and threw the ball," said head coach Zac Taylor. "I don't think he had any accuracy issue because of any (injury). So, he was fighting through something; he's a tough guy."
Burrow threw the ball well enough that wide receiver Tee Higgins had career-day with nine catches for 138 yards.
"To me he was throwing the ball pretty well. I'm pretty sure it was affecting him, but us as receivers, the ball is in the air, it's our job to catch it," Higgins said. "I saw it when it happened. He went to the sideline to get it checked on. I just let him be. I knew he was going to fight through it and finish."
Burrow also threw the ball well enough that he would have had a 71-yard touchdown pass on a lovely over-the-shoulder throw to rookie wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase on the next series that was dropped into the arms of Chargers cornerback Michael Davis. Chargers coach Brandon Staley said he didn't think Burrow was affected by the injury and seemed to indicate he had more of a problem with his defense's pressure.
"I knew that we were rushing him really well, so that's more what I was seeing," Staley said. "Our pass rush was really effective. We knew outside there would be a lot of double-wide routes to try and keep him protected. So, they were looking more at a passing game that we'd have to defend. We've got a lot of confidence in our pass rush. In 40 attempts, I think he was 5.7 yards per attempt today, and we got the big takeaways."
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