Joe Burrow Gave His Bengals Teammates Unique Christmas Gifts — Including Authentic Dinosaur, Bear and Mammoth Fossils
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Desiree AnelloDecember 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Joe Burrow surprised his Bengals teammates with unique Christmas gifts, including authentic dinosaur, bear and mammoth fossils
"I think it speaks to his intelligence and interests, and his desire to do something unique," Bengals center Ted Karras told ESPN of Burrow's gifts
Last year, the quarterback gifted his linemen authentic Japanese Kata swords
Joe Burrow has mastered the art of gift-giving.
After presenting his offensive linemen with authentic samurai swords for Christmas last year, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, 29, decided to stick with a historic theme this year, surprising his teammates with a collection of real dinosaur, bear and mammoth fossils as holiday gifts, according to ESPN.
"I think it speaks to his intelligence and interests, and his desire to do something unique," center Ted Karras told the outlet about Burrow's gifts. "I thought it was really special."
Burrow invited his teammates to his home in Cincinnati, where they were greeted by the array of old bones mounted on displays to choose from, per ESPN.
While Karras picked the tusk of a woolly mammoth, Orlando Brown Jr. and Amarius Mims each chose to take home cave bear skulls. Rookie left guard Dylan Fairchild even left with a historic piece of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals warms up before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys
In Netflix’s Quarterback, a docuseries that follows Burrow, Kirk Cousins and Jared Goff on and off the field during the 2024-25 NFL season, the athlete makes his affinity for fossils and archaeology known.
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“We went to the Natural History Museum. They took us behind the scenes and showed us some really cool stuff. It’s like a library of fossils that they don’t show everybody else," he says in the series.
“It’s like you go to a shoe store, and they’re like ‘Maybe we have it in the back,’ ” Burrow adds. “And it was, like, all the fossils back there. It was pretty sick."
Burrow wasn’t the only quarterback to spoil his teammates for Christmas this year.
Patrick Mahomes gifted other Kansas City Chiefs members a Hublot watch, some of which can retail for over $40,000, as well as a Full Swing KIT, an indoor golf practice tool that analyzes swings and captures replay videos that can be viewed from an app.
Some of the smaller gifts from the NFL star also included Beats Studio Pro headphones, Oakley Meta HSTN AI sunglasses, Rimowa aluminum suitcases and Aventon e-bikes.
"Christmas came early for the O-line,” the Kansas City Chiefs wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the players opening their gifts from Mahomes, 30. “Shoutout to QB1 for the gifts 🎄.”
Aaron Rodgers, meanwhile, gifted his Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman a Can-Am Maverick side-by-side vehicle.
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