Joe Burrow is lastly revealing why he purchased his offensive linemen swords for Christmas … explaining it was a little bit of a compromise — as his teammates initially stated they needed firearms.

The Cincinnati quarterback went into element in regards to the distinctive presents following the Bengals’ 24-6 win over the Browns … telling media members he did not need to get his buddies weapons, so he opted for slightly safer weapon.

“I used to be like, ‘I do not find out about weapons, guys,'” he stated with a smile. “And, so, I used to be within the weapon mindset, and I used to be like, ‘What’s a cool weapon?’ And Samurai swords, I feel, are fairly dang cool.”

Burrow defined he had one among his workers seek out some historic blades — and he was in a position to have them delivered to his boys simply earlier than the massive Dec. 25 vacation.

“I feel guys had been enthusiastic about it,” Burrow stated.

A number of of Burrow’s teammates have already publicly praised the signal-caller for the treats … with guard Alex Cappa telling ESPN over the weekend it is “my favourite reward I’ve ever gotten by far as a result of it is so totally different.”