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Originally Posted by stevegroganfan
Burrow is getting the credit he deserves for taking a team that went 2-14 the year before he came to the Super Bowl two years later.
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Except he wasn't the main driving force in the playoffs. His defense was. That is the source of contention. If the Bengals offense was putting up 30+ a game in the playoffs then he deserved the kudos.
He scored 26 against a crummy Raiders defense (one TD shouldn't have been allowed but the refs messed up) and his defense saved the day with an interception. Also was helped when the Raiders drive to tie earlier in the game was sabotaged by three holding calls on the drive. Ball on the 1 got wiped out.
Scored 19 against the Titans. Got the GW FG drive thanks to an interception at midfield.
Scored 27 against KC. Was about to be blown out until Mahomes threw it in-bounds. In the second half, his defense held KC to 3 points. Set him up with an Interception inside the KC 20. And got the key interception in overtime.
Scored 20 points against LA. 7 points on a TD pass that should have been called back for OPI. And promptly did nothing when the LA offense was shut down.
Hardly the stuff of legend. He was the prime example of how good defense helps win playoff games. The sack stuff got overblown too. Before the Super Bowl, he was only sacked 3 times in the two other playoff games. The Titans game was physically impressive but his defense kept the Titans in check.