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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been back in action the past two days, following his season-ending wrist surgery six months ago, and the franchise quarterback said all has gone well so far.

"Feel great," Burrow said, repeating the phrase several times Tuesday in his first media session since participating in the team's offseason workouts. "It's good to be back."

Bengals fans can now breathe a bit easier.

Taking the field on Monday, Burrow gave the Bengals' social-media team all the content it could handle, one six-second throwing clip at a time. The reports from Bengals receivers were good, too, indicating that the zip has returned to Burrow's throws.

And, so far at least, Burrow said he hasn't had any setbacks or complications, even while experiencing some pain -- although the QB declined to expound on that.

"Felt good the last two days," Burrow said. "I never really know how it's going to feel when I wake up the next morning, but I was encouraged by the last couple of days for sure.

"I think I'm fully cleared for everything other than contact right now. That'll come in the next month probably. But there's no rush; season doesn't start for a while. So, we're in a good spot."

Burrow admitted that "the uncertainty" of the injury did give him pause during his road back to the field. After all, a quarterback's throwing-arm wrist is his lifeline on the field.

"Whenever you have an injury to your throwing side, you're never quite sure how it's going to turn out at the end," he told reporters on Tuesday. "But I'm in a good spot. I'm happy with where I'm at, and I'm going to continue to get better."

One interesting measure Burrow has taken this offseason has been adding some body armor. He's suffered a number of injuries

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