CINCINNATI, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 11: Quarterback Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals warms up at Paul Brown Stadium on September 11, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Players spend all their professional careers to get one shot at the Super Bowl. However, Cincinnati Bengals’ marquee Joe Burrow did so by inspiring his team as the feel-good story of the 2021 NFL Season. Yet it has come to be known that the 25-year-old Quarterback wasn’t particularly impressed by the atmosphere on the grandest footballing stage.
To talk about the performance of Joe Burrow – he completed 22-of-33 passes for 263 yards along with a TouchDown. However, his efforts could not come to full use as the Los Angeles Rams inched past the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 at SoFi Stadium. With thousands of fans watching the action, Burrow confessed to Colin Cowherd that he didn’t experience nerves during that game.
What’s even more interesting? As per Bloomberg – the average Super Bowl ticket costed more than $7k, which was the most expensive in Super Bowl history. One has to acknowledge that these ticket prices and corporate boxes filled with celebrities played a part in a tamer atmosphere, it wouldn’t be something that the NFL would be pleased to know.
While talking to Colin Cowherd on his podcast, Burrow stated, “It felt like a dinner party and we were the entertainment…because, you come off a road game in Kansas City, a road game in Tennesse. Then your first home win in the playoffs in 30 something years. And then you go to the Super Bowl and it’s more corporate.
“It just took a second to get used to it. It didn’t feel like a playoff football game. It was a weird feeling at the beginning for sure.”
That being said, Burrow also confessed how happy he was to witness 34-year-old – most underrated player – Matthew Stafford win a Super Bowl. Also, the Bengals marquee told Cowherd that after the painful loss he has tried to not think, talk and discuss about the Super Bowl as the loss still hurts him.