‘Think Twice’: NFL Star Quarterbacks Address Recent Burglaries

NFL star QBs Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa addressed the recent burglaries affecting players in the league following a string of break-ins over the last month during games.

On Wednesday, Cincinnati Bengals QB Burrow spoke to members of the press after he became the latest athlete to have his home broken into while he was on a road trip with his team.

“Obvioulsy, everybody has heard what has happened,” Burrow said at a press conference. “I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one and way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share.”

It came after the Hamilton County’s Sheriff’s Office confirmed to WLWT that Burrow’s $7.5 million Ohio home was burglarized and ransacked during Cincinnati’s 27-20 win over the Cowboys in Texas on Monday.

The outlet reported that a 911 call came in from a woman whose daughter was staying at the QB’s home, saying, “Someone is trying to break into the house right now.”

“My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow’s house,” the mom added. “She is staying there. He’s at the football game. She’s wondering what she should do, if she should be hiding, or if she should go outside. She said someone was in the house.”

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A second 911 call came from the person staying at Burrow’s house, saying, “Someone broke into my house. It’s like completely messed up.”

Following Burrow’s burglary, Miami Dolphins QB Tagovailoa warned criminals to “think twice” before hitting his home.

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“We got personal security to take care of all of that. When we’re on the road, we’ve got someone with my wife, got someone also at the house, surveying the house,” Tagovailoa said.

“So I hope that if you decide to go to my house, you think twice,” he added, noting his security is armed.

The NFL recently issued a security alert to players and teams following two other break-ins at the homes of Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.

In a memo obtained by the Associated Press, the league said homes of professional athletes have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.”

The memo labeled the transnational crime rings “well-organized, sophisticated,” and urged the players to safeguard valuables and avoid publicly sharing check-ins on social media or any information about their homes and any luxury items they might own, NBC News noted.

Officials noted that the homes are specifically being targeted when players are at their games.

A South American crime ring is believed to be the culprit in at least the Chiefs burglaries, the New York Post reported.

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