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 mentioned they wished 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 friends weapons, so he opted for a bit safer weapon.

“I used to be like, ‘I do not find out about weapons, guys,’” he mentioned 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 certainly one of his workers seek out some historic blades — and he was capable of have them delivered to his boys simply earlier than the massive Dec. 25 vacation.

“I feel guys have been enthusiastic about it,” Burrow mentioned.

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 present I’ve ever gotten by far as a result of it is so totally different.”