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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will play football with a carbon fiber toe plate in his shoe, fight through it to throw two touchdown passes and win a decisive game.
But there’s something he won’t do, it seems. He didn’t seem to have any interest in Maryland crabs after the team’s 32-14 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night.
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9), along with safety Geno Stone (22), defensive end Myles Murphy (99) and center Ted Karras (64) talk with NBC Sports sideline reporter Melissa Stark, just after the NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
He and nearly all of his teammates joined NBC’s Melissa Stark at the dinner table set up at M&T Bank Stadium after the game, a tradition during NFL Thanksgiving Day games.
Burrow picked up a crab and tried to give it to one of his guys. Then he sniffed it and asked Stark what it was. When he was told it was a hard shell crab, he put it back and shook his head as if he tasted something sour. The rest of the team feasted on turkey.
JOE BURROW SHINES APPROACH AS BENGALS DOMINATE RAVENS ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) holds the John Madden Award as he speaks to the media after the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on Nov. 27, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagn Images)
“It’s great to be back,” he told Stark after the game. “It’s definitely not an easy thing to go through, but this moment makes it all worth it. Good to be back with the guys.”
For what it’s worth, Burrow told NBC that his favorite Thanksgiving dish was pumpkin pie.
He finished 24-of-46 with 261 passing yards and two touchdown passes. He threw one to Andrei Iosivas and the other to Tanner Hudson.
Burrow had missed several weeks with a turf toe injury suffered in Week 2. He returned to the field sooner than expected as the Bengals’ playoff hopes began to fade.
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The team isn’t exactly out of it yet, but can’t afford another blemish on their record for out here.
