Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton on Tuesday in the locker room repeated the message, “just got to be better.” When asked if he let his teammates down, Burton said, “for sure.” Burton repeatedly answered questions with the “got to ...

With star receiver Tee Higgins out with a quad injury, the Cincinnati Bengals were prepared to center rookie third-round receiver Jermaine Burton in their game plan for the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Instead, he may have severed all of their trust in a tight spot.

As the Bengals took down the Raiders in Week 9, Zac Taylor decided rookie Jermaine Burton needed to be on the bench.