How Joe Burrow and Andrew Whitworth’s unlikely friendship completes a perfect circle in Super Bowl LVI
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Joe Burrow and Andrew Whitworth
Joe Burrow has been on a stratospheric rise in the NFL since he got drafted #1 overall in 2020. In just his second season, he’s taken his Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl against all odds.
However, despite the tremendous rise Burrow has had, it wasn’t without any bumps in the roads. In week 11 of the 2020 season, Burrow suffered a torn ACL that prematurely ended his rookie season. He spent time in Los Angeles rehabbing where he met up with former Bengals legend Andrew Whitworth.
Andrew Whitworth and Joe Burrow meet against all odds in the Super Bowl
While rehabbing their knee injuries, Joe Burrow and Andrew Whitworth became friends and decided to watch the 2020 NFL draft together. They were there sitting together watch the Bengals draft Ja’Marr Chase who has been a pivotal part of leading the Bengals to the Super Bowl where they will now face Whitworth’s Rams.
No one could have predicted the Bengals making the Super Bowl given their performances over the previous two seasons but here they are. Not only have they made it, they’ve been doing it in the flashiest way possible. Taking out the big names like Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs as well as the #1 seed Titans, both, away games.
It’s unbelievable to think that Whitworth, who played 11 seasons for the Bengals, could have been a part of this Super Bowl but on the other sideline if he hadn’t left after the 2016 season. While it certainly has worked out for him as this is his second Super Bowl appearance with the Rams, it would have been quite the story to see him close out his career by bringing the Bengals their first Lombardi Trophy.
Despite Whitworth being on the Rams’ sideline this Sunday, it’s still an incredible story between him and Burrow and if it truly is his last career game, it’ll be a poetic ending to finish his time in the NFL against Cincinnati.
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Roshan Anand
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