Is Joe Burrow playing today vs Seahawks? Bengals QB's status explored

Joe Burrow's calf continues to cause consternation among Bengals fans as the Seahawks line up as their next opponents. Their franchise quarterback, who became the highest-paid player in NFL history, has flattered to deceive this season.

The Bengals are 2-3 this season and will need to be at their best to beat the Seattle Seahawks, who are 3-1. Unfortunately, for Joe Burrow, the NFC team is coming into this matchup after a bye week and should be fully rested. They also put up double digit sacks in their last game against the New York Giants.

While the Bengals quarterback will get a breather next week, it will be a concern for everyone in Cincinnati that they will play such a ferocious team when their star player still might not be at a hundred percent.

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Joe Burrow's status explored for Week 6 of 2023 NFL season

The good news for Joe Burrow fans are two-fold. Firstly, he was not on the injury report for this week's game, which means he was fully available in practice and not feeling any after-effects of the calf injury that slowed him down at the start of the season. That means he's primed to start this game.

The second piece of good news is that the quarterback seems to have rediscovered his form. In the last week win against the Arizona Cardinals, he threw for 317 yards.

He had a completion percentage of 78.3 percent, completing 36 of his 46 passing attempts. He accounted for three touchdowns and one interception and had a passer rating of 108.1.

It was by far his best performance this season. He had not reached three digits in passer rating before that. In every other game, his pass completion rate was below 70 percent. His three touchdowns were more than the two he had scored in the previous three games combined.

So, Cincinnati fans will hope that Joe Burrow has now left the worrying phase behind this season and can get back to the form that saw him take the Bengals to two consecutive AFC Championship game appearances and one Super Bowl visit.

Granted that the last win was against the Arizona Cardinals, who are not the strongest team in the league, but it was still a great performance. Now, his fans will hope that he can replicate the same form against another NFC West team in the Seattle Seahawks.

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Seattle Seahawks a new foe for the Cincinnati Bengals QB

Recently, Patrick Mahomes became the first quarterback under 30 to beat every other team he has played. Joe Burrow will hope to match him soon, and he could start that by beating the Seattle Seahawks. The Cincinnati star has never faced Pete Carroll's team, and it should be a fascinating game.

Based on the last two seasons, and given that they play the game at home, the Bengals should have been the favorites.

However, this season the script has fliped, and the Seahawks come in as the team that people expect to win. Joe Burrow would hope to have something to say about that, though.

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How to watch Cincinnati Bengals vs Seattle Seahawks?

For details about how to watch this heavyweight matchup, see the details below.

• When: Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 1 p.m. ET
• Where: Paycor Stadium -- Cincinnati, Ohio
• TV: CBS
• Online streaming: fuboTV

The game will also be available on radio on the Seahawks Radio Network, with the flagship stations being Seattle Sports 710 AM and KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM.

For in-market Cincinnati listeners, they can choose Bengals Radio Network on WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (1530) and WEBN-FM.(102.7) Bengals Radio (ESPN1530, 102.7 FM WEBN, 700WLW), Sirius XM and ESPN.