I admit I realize I have been overestimating him like many others. He is quite good but elite he is not and he definitely hasn't earned his "cool" moniker. And I have heard multiple pundits now say, even after yesterday he is a better QB than Mahomes, but Mahomes is the better player. Talk about moving the goalposts to fit your narrative.
I will give him credit for the Brady comparison though as he has absolutely been carried by his defense and luck like Brady was in his earlier years in winning playoff games. But Burrow isn't as clutch as Brady was even back then.
And for those who think he is even close to Mahomes:
Burrow 0 times 30 point postseason games to Mahomes 8
300 yard games is 1 to 7
TD drives in fourth quarter is a whopping 0 to 14
Good old Nick Wright has more in the video but here is a picture with the most relevant part of Burrow's fourth quarter stats in the postseason. It's remarkable the Bengals have won any games honestly in the postseason.
Lol, are we really so insecure about Burrow that we're going to try and reduce him to Kirk Cousins' level just to protect our egos?
You can't name 5 QBs that are legitimately better than Burrow. Put another way name 5 QBs from last season you'd rather have under center for the Chiefs if Mahomes didn't exist.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Lol, are we really so insecure about Burrow that we're going to try and reduce him to Kirk Cousins' level just to protect our egos?
You can't name 5 QBs that are legitimately better than Burrow. Put another way name 5 QBs from last season you'd rather have under center for the Chiefs if Mahomes didn't exist.
Case closed.
If Burrow doesn’t want to be compared to Cousins he should turn into him in the playoffs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
If Burrow doesn’t want to be compared to Cousins he should turn into him in the playoffs.
If he's putting up Cousins-ish numbers in the playoffs with THAT WR corps, it's not a stretch to say he isn't as good as Cousins in the postseason. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Meh. It's Week 1. As I recall, CIN started slowly last year. Finished the season with 8 straight Ws?
Wouldn't close their coffin any time soon.
You're correct. They also seem to struggle with Cleveland, even when Cleveland sucks. Myles Garrett seems to be the perfect guy to ruin the game for Burrow. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Meh. It's Week 1. As I recall, CIN started slowly last year. Finished the season with 8 straight Ws?
Wouldn't close their coffin any time soon.
It's too early to panic, but their offensive line getting destroyed should raise some red flags. Another game or two like that, I'll be writing them off. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
You're correct. They also seem to struggle with Cleveland, even when Cleveland sucks. Myles Garrett seems to be the perfect guy to ruin the game for Burrow.
Garrett is a monster. Love watching that guy play.
You know who else they struggled with last season, BAL. Looking forward to BAL kicking their shit in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Garrett is a monster. Love watching that guy play.
You know who else they struggled with last season, BAL. Looking forward to BAL kicking their shit in.
Pittsburgh is another one that seems to give Cincy a tough time. If TJ Watt is healthy, it's a similar game-wrecking situation to Myles Garrett.
Sadly in previous matchups, it seems the only time the Chiefs defense can get serious pressure on Burrow is when his entire OL is wiped out with injury. [Reply]
But I’d love to see them lose 3 straight so the world can see how quickly those fans will bail on their team at the slightest hint of adversity [Reply]
Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
Losing by 1 due to a shitload of flukey drops vs getting destroyed by a mediocre team….
And last year Cincy had some really bad losses to both Pittsburgh & Cleveland (bad teams). By the end of the season Cincy was a very tough team for anyone to beat. [Reply]
