Joe Burrow's Sunday couldn't have gone much worse, as the Bengals were eliminated from the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Jason Miller / (Editor’s note: This is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Dec.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins have begun practicing for their Week 16 matchup this Sunday, and both teams are severely banged up in terms of injuries.

"It feels like everyone is doing everything in their power to make me not play football, and I feel like I'm fighting it," Burrow said.