The Cincinnati Bengals are gearing up for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game in hopes of returning to the Super Bowl.
Joe Burrow won a college football national championship during his time at LSU and is off to an impressive start to his professional football career.
The quarterback has led his team to three straight wins over the Chiefs, the team Cincinnati faces on Sunday.
A photo of Burrow recently resurfaced showing him as a child wearing a Kansas City Chiefs helmet.
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow runs off the field after a game against the Baltimore Ravens in Cincinnati on January 8, 2023.
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Jim Burrow, Joe’s father and a former college football coordinator and position coach, tweeted a childhood photo showing his son wearing a Chiefs helmet.
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«Joe watching an Iowa Barnstormer game with his mom,» Jim wrote on Twitter. «I won’t wear that helmet on Sunday. Who Dey.»
Last year, Jim posted what appeared to be the same photo, but assured fans that the Burrows were staunch supporters of the Bengals.
«Joe liked those bright red chiefs helmets. Not anymore. Geaux Bengals,» Joe wrote in the caption.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow passes against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter of an NFL divisional round playoff game Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York.
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Jim also previously posted a photo of his son wearing a Nebraska football helmet.
«Going deeper at 2. Still doing at 26. Happy birthday Joe,» she wrote last December. Jim worked as a graduate assistant coach in Nebraska in 2001.
Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals drops back to pass in the first quarter against the Baltimore Ravens at Paycor Stadium on January 8, 2023 in Cincinnati.
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He was later named the defensive coordinator at North Dakota State for two seasons before joining Ohio’s staff in 2005.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that some Bengals players refer to Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs, as «Burrowhead,» due to Cincinnati’s recent wins over Kansas City.
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Burrow passed for 4,475 yards and a career-high 35 touchdowns during the regular season.