I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
had the ball in the 4th to take the lead in the big game with those receivers... Failed. He will be busted up again this year.
I like the moves they made to improve the line this year. I don't think it will be enough to make the bowl but it should help to keep him healthy.
Now he just has to help him stay healthy... [Reply]
Originally Posted by tredadda:
Unable to embed on my phone, but this is a great article showing how Mahomes is in a tier all his own and how Burrow, while good is flawed.
This is really good. Here is part of the section on Burrow.
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The problem is neither Mahomes nor Burrow fit well into either role of the classic rivalry:
Mahomes has Brady’s rings with Manning’s superior efficiency stats and consistency.
Burrow lacks Manning’s efficiency, durability, and consistency, but he’s had some of Brady’s luck in the postseason with his defense making game-changing turnovers in clutch moments and his kicker delivering from long distance (but no rings to show for it yet).
Brady was the quarterback known for setting up game-winning field goals in the playoffs early in his career while Burrow failed to get the Bengals into field-goal range on the two biggest drives of his career in Super Bowl 56 against the Rams and the 2022 AFC Championship Game in Kansas City.
Some call him “Joe Brrr” but he has one win in the NFL when trailing in the final 8:00 of the game, and he has never thrown a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of seven playoff games.
Burrow’s success against the Chiefs (3-1 record with every game decided by exactly 3 points) has been largely built on his defense doing the best job at stopping Mahomes in the clutch, similar to how Bill Belichick’s defense used to thwart Manning’s Colts in 2003-04.
There are traits that are similar to the past, but they’re not matching up to either defined role. They’re all over the map. This is what happens when the quarterback with the best stats also happens to be the one winning the most rings (Mahomes), a rare occurrence in NFL history.
Burrow is more like Marc Bulger without a dome, or Carson Palmer with better PR. Someone who tore his ACL in his rookie season instead of the first drive of his postseason career like Palmer unfortunately did in January 2006 after an incredible season.
The rush to crown Burrow as the top rival of Mahomes based on a few head-to-head games has been ridiculous. The stats are not there yet for Burrow, who has never ranked higher than 10th in QBR since advanced metrics hate sacks, and it has been proven that quarterbacks have more control over sacks than their offensive line does. The clutch moments haven’t been there yet either to justify his nicknames.
