Joe Burrow's Cincinnati-Area House Broken into During Bengals' Win over Cowboys

The home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was broken into Monday night during the team's 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys, according to Karin Johnson and Emily Sanderson of WLWT.

A woman called 911 to say her daughter was staying at Burrow's home and that an intruder was trying to gain entry.

Johnson and Sanderson reported a bedroom window was broken and that the room was "ransacked."

This comes after NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported in November that the NFL alerted players and team security directors to a growing trend of burglars targeting the homes of NFL and NBA athletes.

Pelissero cited a source who said an "transnational crime ring" is at the center of the situation.

"Multiple people with knowledge of the crimes said the perpetrators are nonconfrontational and do not burglarize homes while residents are inside," he reported. "Instead, they use public records to find players' addresses and conduct extensive surveillance. Then, by tracking team schedules and the social media accounts of players and their families, they wait until homes are empty—often during games—and gain access and quickly steal items such as cash, jewelry, watches and handbags, focusing mainly on master bedrooms and closets."

The Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are among the stars who have been victimized.

Professional athletes make for obvious targets because their work schedules are publicized and easily accessible. The NFL revealed its full regular-season schedule in May.

In the case of Burrow, he and the Bengals weren't even in Cincinnati as they traveled to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for Monday Night Football.

The team maintained its slim odds of making the playoffs with the victory. Burrow, meanwhile, continued his monster year by throwing for 369 yards and three touchdowns.