Cincinnati Bengals, Joe Burrow
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The Bengals enter the game with a 3-8 record. They have to win their final six games to have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. They went 1-8 without Burrow.
CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was activated off injured reserve on Wednesday, the final hurdle he needed to clear in order to return on Thanksgiving night against the Baltimore Ravens.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been activated for the team's Thanksgiving matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. He is expected to start after missing the Bengals' last nine games.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is cleared to return in Week 13 against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.
For just the second time in franchise history, the Cincinnati Bengals are taking the field on Thanksgiving Day.
"I'm not ever going to go to somebody and say, 'Yeah, I'm healthy, but I don't think I should go out there and play,'" Burrow said Tuesday, ahead of his anticipated return against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. "That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm not going to live my life and play this game scared of something happening."