Ready or not: Joe Burrow 時代 begins vs Joey Bosa, Chargers
CINCINNATI (AP) - On the other 味方する of Ohio, Joe Burrow's parents are trying to arrange a way to watch their son's NFL debut まっただ中に the pandemic 警戒s.
"They're trying to 人物／姿／数字 it out 権利 now because when we're in Athens, we get the West Virginia news channel," Burrow said midweek. "They don't テレビ放送する the Bengals games. We're trying to get maybe a different TV provider in there.
"I'm leaving that to them."
The Heisman トロフィー 勝利者 and 国家の 支持する／優勝者 at LSU is preoccupied with something else this week. Burrow will start against the Chargers on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium without even one snap in an NFL game.
Ready or not, the Burrow 時代 begins in 前線 of empty seats because of COVID-19 警戒s. Family and fans will be watching the 高度に 心配するd debut on television - 井戸／弁護士席, maybe.
Burrow is the only 新人 to start an NFL game this week, in part because of the shrunken offseason 準備s. Practices were 減ずるd and preseason games 除去するd because of the pandemic.
FILE - Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow walks off the practice field after an NFL football （軍の）野営地，陣営 practice in Cincinnati, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. It's all about the quarterbacks in the AFC North. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, とじ込み／提出する)
It's a 堅い 位置／汚点／見つけ出す for any 新人, 特に a quarterback who's already been 投票（する）d a team captain and is seen as the best chance in some time to pull Cincinnati out of its 29-year 干ばつ without a プレーオフ 勝利，勝つ.
First, he's got to get used to 存在 hounded by NFL 弁護s that are stacked with more talent, 速度(を上げる） and variations than he's ever 直面するd at one time. And it's all going to be 目的（とする）d at him.
It won't be all new, though.
"He was my scout team quarterback at Ohio 明言する／公表する, so he is used to 存在 chased by me," Chargers 防御の end Joey Bosa said.
Although the Chargers rely on their 防御の line 錨，総合司会者d by Bosa and Melvin Ingram III to get 圧力 on quarterbacks, they're 推定する／予想するd to throw some different things at a 新人 quarterback in his first experience.
"I don't care if you've been playing 50, 20 or one year, we've got the same mentality, and that's to get the quarterback," Ingram said. "We're not going to change our mentality just because of the 量 of years you've been in this league."
AJ'S HAPPY RETURN
Bengals receiver A.J. Green 行方不明になるd all last season with an ankle 傷害 苦しむd during the first practice of training （軍の）野営地，陣営. He failed to come to 協定 on a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 取引，協定 in the offseason, and the Bengals used their franchise tag to keep him for one more year. Green has 受託するd the tag - which he 最初 resisted - and is eager to show he's still one of the league's best.
"It's just been a rocky road, man, but I wouldn't have it no other way," Green said. "It just keeps 押し進めるing me to be the best, fighting through adversity and keep 押し進めるing. That's who I am."
世界保健機構 TO THROW TO?
Chargers rec eiver マイク Williams is coming off his first 1,000-yard season but is 疑わしい because of a shoulder 傷害 he 苦しむd during a scrimmage two weeks ago. Los Angeles is 欠如（する）ing depth behind Keenan Allen and Williams with the next experienced receiver having only three catches. If Williams is unable to play, running 支援する Austin Ekeler might be 分裂（する） out more as a receiver while tight end Hunter Henry will be counted on more.
HARRIS´ DEBUT
Cornerback Chris Harris makes his Chargers debut and will be 仕事d with matching up against Green. The cornerbacks will have 追加するd 圧力 this season with safety Derwin James lost to a 膝 傷害. The Chargers also hope Harris helps them 生成する more turnovers. They had a league-low 14 takeaways last season.
KEEP AN EYE ON ...
Both left 取り組むs are in the スポットライト. Los Angeles´ Sam Tevi moves from 権利 取り組む but has struggled in pass 保護. Cincinnati´s Jonah Williams gets his first NFL playing time after 行方不明の all of his 新人 season because of a shoulder 傷害.
CUTOUTS INSTEAD OF FANS
Because of Ohio´s COVID-19 制限s, fans aren´t permitted for the season opener. Instead, the Bengals 申し込む／申し出d fans a chance to buy cutouts that would be arranged in the seats. The Bengals and Chargers are accustomed to playing in 前線 of small （人が）群がるs, finishing second-to-last and last in the NFL in home 出席 last season. Cincinnati drew an 普通の／平均（する） of only 47,179 fans at 65,515-seat Paul Brown Stadium. The Chargers drew 31,750 fans to the サッカー stadium that was their 一時的な home the past three years.
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AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy in Los Angeles 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
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FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is 解雇（する）d by Los Angeles Chargers 防御の end Joey Bosa during the first half of an NFL football game in Carson, Calif. Teams could afford 最近の 契約s like the megabucks given to Patrick Mahomes and Bosa under normal circumstances. Because of 経済的な 影響s from the coronavirus pandemic, 未来 player 取引，協定s and a salary cap that will be adjusted 予定 to some 通貨の 後退s, 近づいている 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官s might find the marketplace tighter. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Fil e)
