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QB Joe Burrow (transfer to LSU, 2019 Heisman Winner, National Champion, Cincinnati Bengals)



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Joe Burrow's 'Magic' Is Already Evident

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Bengals coach Zac Taylor talks about how the rookie has impressed through three games.

Because there aren’t fans in the stands, because Zac Taylor was yelling at the top of his lungs, and because the network mics can pick up just about everything that’s being said out there anyway, the message the Bengals coach was trying to get across to Joe Burrow was totally unmistakable.

Pull it up on NFL Game Pass and you’ll hear it too: Cincinnati at Philly last week, 7:33 left in the fourth quarter, Bengals in second-and-15.

Throw it away! Throw it away! THROW IT AWAY!

Looking at the play, it’s hard to argue with Taylor’s logic. Burrow had already dodged Fletcher Cox in the backfield and outrun Derek Barnett toward the boundary, and now 230-pound middle linebacker T.J. Edwards was staring down a free run at the rookie, and Burrow’s coach was just trying to spare him the punishment.

Instead, Burrow tuned out Taylor and tripped up Edwards, sticking his foot in the ground as if he were cutting back his scramble, then spinning back outside as Edwards spun like a top, buying time and space to reset, run to the sideline and unleash a strike 25 yards downfield to Tee Higgins for a first down. He didn’t take a hit. He didn’t give up on the play. He did make a point.

“He turned around and laughed at me,” Taylor said late Tuesday night, from his office. “He completed the ball, he turned around and laughed at me. Fourth quarter, up four, with seven minutes left. And Albert, when you watch the clip, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I’m three feet from him yelling. There’s no way he didn’t hear me.”

Sure enough, it was there. I could hear him.

“That’s just what I’m learning,” Taylor said. “Sometimes you’re gonna deal with that where, it’s not always gonna be the prettiest way, but he’s just gonna make plays.”

Burrow and the Bengals are 0-2-1, and no one’s satisfied with that—Burrow lost three games total as a college starter. There’s a long way to go in his rookie year, and there have been bumps to this point, to be sure. And there are more coming.

That said, as the team turns the page on September, there is this one feeling that going through it seems to have cemented within the organization.

They have zero doubt they got the first pick right.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/01/joe-burrow-bengals-magic-titans-covid
 
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If it wasn't for Joe, I probably would not have watched a game part Week 1. Burrow alone makes it somewhat enjoyable to watch the Bengals.

He's the future of the franchise and might already be #3 on the list of Bengal QBs behind Anderson and Esiason. Which one of the others (even in their prime), i.e. Carter, Blake, Palmer, Kitna, or Dalton, etc. would you take over Burrow?

It's too bad Greg Cook's career was ended by a shoulder injury, in the few games he played he looked like a pretty good QB.

Regular season
Season(s) Quarterback(s)

1968 John Stofa (7) / Dewey Warren (4) / Sam Wyche (3)
1969 Greg Cook (11) / Sam Wyche (3)
1970 Virgil Carter (11) / Sam Wyche (3)
1971 Virgil Carter (10) / Ken Anderson (4)
1972 Ken Anderson (13) / Virgil Carter (1)
1973 Ken Anderson (14)
1974 Ken Anderson (13) / Wayne Clark (1)
1975 Ken Anderson (13) / John Reaves (1)
1976 Ken Anderson (14)
1977 Ken Anderson (13) / John Reaves (1)
1978 Ken Anderson (12) / John Reaves (4)
1979 Ken Anderson (15) / Jack Thompson (1)
1980 Ken Anderson (12) / Jack Thompson (4)
1981 Ken Anderson (16)
1982 Ken Anderson (9)
1983 Ken Anderson (13) / Turk Schonert (3)
1984 Ken Anderson (9) / Boomer Esiason (4) / Turk Schonert (3)
1985 Boomer Esiason (14) / Ken Anderson (2)
1986 Boomer Esiason (16)
1987 Boomer Esiason (12) / Dave Walter (2) / Adrian Breen (1)
1988 Boomer Esiason (16)
1989 Boomer Esiason (15) / Turk Schonert (1)
1990 Boomer Esiason (16)
1991 Boomer Esiason (14) / Donald Hollas (1) / Erik Wilhelm (1)
1992 Boomer Esiason (11) / David Klingler (4) / Donald Hollas (1)
1993 David Klingler (13) / Jay Schroeder (3)
1994 Jeff Blake (9) / David Klingler (7)
1995 Jeff Blake (16)
1996 Jeff Blake (16)
1997 Jeff Blake (11) / Boomer Esiason (5)
1998 Neil O'Donnell (11) / Paul Justin (3) / Jeff Blake (2)
1999 Jeff Blake (12) / Akili Smith (4)
2000 Akili Smith (11) / Scott Mitchell (5)
2001 Jon Kitna (15) / Akili Smith (1)
2002 Jon Kitna (12) / Gus Frerotte (3) / Akili Smith (1)
2003 Jon Kitna (16)
2004 Carson Palmer (13) / Jon Kitna (3)
2005 Carson Palmer (16)
2006 Carson Palmer (16)
2007 Carson Palmer (16)
2008 Ryan Fitzpatrick (12) / Carson Palmer (4)
2009 Carson Palmer (16)
2010 Carson Palmer (16)
2011 Andy Dalton (16)
2012 Andy Dalton (16)
2013 Andy Dalton (16)
2014 Andy Dalton (16)
2015 Andy Dalton (13) / AJ McCarron (3)
2016 Andy Dalton (16)
2017 Andy Dalton (16)
2018 Andy Dalton (11) / Jeff Driskel (5)
2019 Andy Dalton (13) / Ryan Finley (3)
2020 Joe Burrow (2)

Postseason
Season Quarterback(s)
1970 Virgil Carter (0–1)
1973 Ken Anderson (0–1)
1975 Ken Anderson (0–1)
1981 Ken Anderson (2–1)
1982 Ken Anderson (0–1)
1988 Boomer Esiason (2–1)
1990 Boomer Esiason (1–1)
2005 Carson Palmer (0–1)
2009 Carson Palmer (0–1)
2011 Andy Dalton (0–1)
2012 Andy Dalton (0–1)
2013 Andy Dalton (0–1)
2014 Andy Dalton (0–1)
2015 AJ McCarron (0–1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cincinnati_Bengals_starting_quarterbacks
 
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Michael Strahan on Joe Burrow: 'Guard him against himself'

“He is a stud out of LSU,” Strahan said on FOX NFL Sunday. “First rookie quarterback ever with three straight 300 yard passing games. On top of that...he is strong, he has an arm, he's instinctive, he has everything you want in a quarterback. He also has one issue. You have to guard him against himself. He loves the offense they had at LSU. You spread the ball out, you don't max protect, you get the ball down the field. It worked at LSU but it's not working quite (like that) in the NFL right now.

“He takes too many hits and as an offensive coordinator, you need to guard the player from himself. Protect him right now, don't let him get hit too much, you don't want the situation you saw with Andrew Luck and other quarterbacks. But if you can protect this kid….he’s an incredible player.”

Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...e-Burrow-Guard-him-against-himself-153211284/
 
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