"CINCINNATI -- The next six games will be anything but a throwaway stretch for the Cincinnati Bengals. On Thursday against the Baltimore Ravens, Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow is set to make his return after missing the past nine games with a turf toe injury. The Bengals are 3-8 and on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight year. When healthy, Burrow has proved to be the franchise-altering quarterback the team hoped for when drafting him first overall in 2020."
"And for the final six games, Cincinnati will need to take stock of everything inside the building to see if it's good enough to support one of the NFL's truly transcendent quarterbacks. "We're trying to maximize our guys," Bengals de facto general manager Duke Tobin told reporters in February. "When you have Joe Burrow, you're trying to fit it around him and give him the best chance to have a Hall of Fame career. And he's certainly capable of that.""
The Cincinnati Bengals enter a crucial six-game stretch with Joe Burrow returning from a turf toe injury after missing nine games. The team sits 3-8 and has a 1% chance of making the playoffs per ESPN Analytics. When healthy, Burrow has been a franchise-altering quarterback, but Cincinnati has struggled the past three years to surround him with a quality roster. Draft choices, free-agent additions and coaching changes have not produced the hoped-for improvement. The franchise must assess personnel and resources now to determine whether the current roster can support Burrow and sustain an elite career.
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