On his 29th birthday, Joe Burrow says he'd like to "have fun [playing football] again"

On Wednesday, Joe Burrow seemed to be the embodiment of Jerry Seinfeld’s deliberately dark attitude about birthdays .

Burrow, who turned 29 today, seemed to be dejected throughout much of his weekly press conference.

Initially, he thanked reporters and left after answering a couple of questions and a lull emerged. He returned to take more questions. And that’s when it got very interesting.

“If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it,” Burrow said at one point. “You know, I’ve been through a lot. And if it’s not fun, what am I doing it for?”

He then was asked whether it’s currently difficult to have fun.

“Yes, certainly,” he said.

He was asked when it changed from being fun.

“I’m not sure there was a singular moment or time,” Burrow said. “It’s just reflection. Ref