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Quarterback Joe Burrow can lead more than just the Cincinnati Bengals to back-to-back AFC Championships games.
The first overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft showed off his baseball skills on Wednesday by taking batting practice with some of his Bengals teammates at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
Joe Burrow, #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals, warms up before kickoff against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 22, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
The Pro Bowl quarterback showed his strength, launching four home runs during BP.
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Burrow took about 100 swings in the cage, earning cheers from Cincinnati Reds players and his Bengals teammates after launching his first bombshell, according to MLB.com.
“I was coaching him,” said Reds second baseman Jonathan India. “I told him to get the (bat) head out. He looked low in the zone. He hit two home runs back to back.”
Burrow called it quits after pulling a pitch off the top of the cage.
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Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for the Cincinnati Reds game against the Cleveland Guardians at Great American Ball Park on April 12, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
“Okay, that’s good,” Burrow said.
Burrow, who hails from Athens, Ohio, is preparing for his fourth NFL season as he has quickly become one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
The national champion of college football has led the Bengals to deep playoffs over the past two seasons, to Super Bowl LVI last year and Cincinnati to the AFC Championship Game.
Joe Burrow, #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals, falls back to pass in the first quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at Paycor Stadium on January 8, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
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Burrow enters the final year of his rookie contract, but told reporters in May that the two sides are working on an extension.
“I’m involved,” Burrow said of contract talks with the team, per CBS Sports. “It’s in the works. It’s not really something I like to play in the media. That’s just the way I think they want to do business, (how) I want to do business. We’d rather keep that between us.”
Joe Morgan is a sportscaster for Fox News.
