Just as the Cincinnati Bengals' offense started to show signs of life Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers at Paul Brown Stadium, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow injured his right pinkie finger – the little finger on his throwing hand - and grimaced in pain as he attempted – with and without black tape on the finger – to throw on the sideline.
Burrow came back into the game without tape on the finger. His injury first became apparent shortly after he was untouched on a 6-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter of the Bengals' 41-22 loss. The finger appeared to strike Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu at the end of a play.
"It's just something I am going to have to deal with," Burrow told reporters afterward. "I am not going to miss any games because of it. Unless it somehow gets worse which I can't imagine it is going to, I am going to play next week."
