Joe Burrow wasn’t part of the Bengals’ brief brush with Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, and the quarterback kept his comments as cool as the moment itself.
Vance showed up at the Bengals’ first practice of the week at Kettering Health practice fields, arriving around 2:15 p.m. local time, according to The Athletic. But the visit didn’t unfold like a typical VIP stop. In an 18-second clip, nearly the entire team is seen walking past Vance as he stood near the locker room waiting for players.
After practice, Burrow was asked about the scene and said he never met Vance. “We did not.
We did not. He came with everybody and left with swiftness and efficiency before the end of practice.
So I didn’t get to,” he told reporters.
Burrow then shifted the focus away from the awkward moment and toward the bigger picture of why people show up to watch the Bengals in the first place. “Yeah, a lot of people.
A lot of people around. That’s what I love about what I do is it brings a lot of people together, and people want to take time out of their day to come and watch what we do, watch what I do, and watch all the work that I’ve put in to come and watch greatness.
And that’s everybody in the locker room. That’s why we do what we do, and whether it’s on the TV, whether it’s in person, whether it’s on the practice field, that’s what we do.”
That answer quickly stirred speculation online about Burrow’s political views, especially after he spoke up for the Black community in 2020 and supported abortion rights in 2022. Still, not everyone read the exchange that way.
“Now THAT? is a f-ing boss. A true LEADER,” one person said.
“What a diplomatic answer!” another said.
“Politely saying ‘I don’t give a dam about JD Vance,'” another wrote.
“Joe Burrow really said Vance came, saw, and left before the meet-and-greet DLC unlocked. At least somebody got a quick exit,” someone said.
“Umm who cares what he says or think - dude is a complete dumb dumb!” one said.
The Bengals enter Week 7 at 3-2 and are coming off their Week 5 win over the Miami Dolphins. They’ll next face the Baltimore Ravens.
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