Joe Burrow is Tickling The Ivories As Part Of His Injury Rehab... Or Is it To Steal Your Girl?

The Cincinnati Bengals will be hoping to bounce back after an underwhelming 2023 campaign that saw quarterback Joe Burrow battling injuries for most of the year. 

He's hoping to be back in proper form this year, but he's using a somewhat unusual method of getting his wrist back in shape, and that's learning how to play the piano.

Ah, yes; the famed "Liberace Method" of rehabilitation…

Burrow talked about gearing up for next season in an interview with Complex, and that's when he mentioned that he's been tickling the ivories over the offseason.

"I know I'm going to play well when I'm out there. I'm at that point in my career where I've seen enough ball and I know myself that I can go out there and play as well as anybody in the game," he said.

"I’m learning the piano right now, hopefully I can get pretty good at that by next offseason. I guess it'll be pretty tough during the season, but it's helped my rehab too for my wrist, so that's something I want to get good at."

It makes sense. You bang out "Chopsticks" a bunch of times and it'll help you build up wrist strength.

But could there be an ulterior motive here? I mean, Burrow is already the NFL "Steal Your Girl" poster child. The ladies like him.

Being able to throw down a Scott Joplin tune or Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (I never heard the first four, so I'm always lost) is just another arrow in his quiver to make the ladies, well… quiver.

Joe Burrow is working on learning how to play piano. That sound you just heard was your girlfriend swooning. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Vogue)

Joe Burrow Needs To Remember That Chicks Dig Musicians, But Not Nerdy Ones

If the latter is playing any part in it, I hope Joe knows not to get too deep into playing piano. Sure, chicks love dudes who play instruments, but if you get too nerdy you'll lose them.

Like, if you want to play guitar to pick up chicks, learn to play a couple of chords and be prepared to drop "Wonderwall" at the drop of a hat. Don't do what some do (*raises hand*) and spend your high school days studying Eddie Van Halen solos and learning rudimentary music theory.

That translates to significantly less attention from the ladies. 

They'll love hearing you play Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)." They will be significantly less enthused by you saying, "Hey watch me play this E minor arpeggio run."

Anyway, good for Joe. I think everyone should learn to play an instrument at some point… but again, don't learn too much.