Joe Burrow sent tough message to Bengals after overtime loss to Ravens

The Cincinnati Bengals fell to 1-4 in heartbreaking fashion on Sunday, losing a tie game to the Baltimore Ravens in overtime, 41-38.

Quarterback Joe Burrow is far from happy with his team’s results this season, and he delivered a harsh postgame message when discussing the Bengals’ poor start to the campaign.

“We’re not a championship-level team right now. We’re not,” Burrow told reporters after the game, via Ben Baby of ESPN. “I’d like to think we’re going to come back and improve throughout the season to get to this point. But right now, that’s not the case. And we have to improve.”

Burrow answered “Yes” when asked if it was frustrating to see the team not perform at the level they wanted through five weeks of the season.

Burrow had his best performance of the season in Sunday’s loss. He threw for 392 yards and five touchdowns while completing 30 of 39 passes through the air. Despite these high numbers, the team was not successful.

All four of Cincinnati’s losses this season have come by six points or fewer. Burrow couldn’t hide his frustration after he and his teammates failed to get the job done in a close competition once again.

They will look to turn the page on their slow start to Week 6 when they go on the road against the New York Giants for a prime time game on Sunday Night Football.