Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is expected to start on Thanksgiving against the Ravens.
Burrow has missed the last nine games due to a turf toe injury.
The Bengals are 3-8 and will be without receiver Tee Higgins and defensive end Trey Hendrickson.
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor told reporters Nov. 24 that he expects quarterback Joe Burrow to start during the team’s Thanksgiving Day contest against the Baltimore Ravens (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock).
Burrow’s return would end a nine-game absence caused by a Grade 3 turf toe injury suffered in the Bengals’ second game of the season. Since then, they have turned to Jake Browning (four games) at the quarterback spot and traded for Joe Flacco (five games).
The estimated timeline from Burrow’s surgery to returning to game action was three months, which pointed to a return sometime in mid-December.
After a 2-0 start, the Bengals are 3-8 and tied for the second-worst point-differential in the league (minus-112).
The Bengals will be without one of Burrow’s top targets in receiver Tee Higgins, while the Cincinnati defense will be minus its best defensive player, Trey Hendrickson.
Baltimore has won five straight to surge to the top of the AFC North, a race for which the Bengals trail by three games with six to play.