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Originally Posted by Carr4MVP
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.
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6 of Cincy’s points against Tennessee were directly from the Cincy defense forcing turnovers deep in Tennessee territory. 2 field goals on 2 turnovers. Also a Burrow INT directly setup 7 points for Tennessee. The Cincy defense was great in that game. Burrow himself was pretty far from great with a 28/100 QBR.
Tonight he graded at 40/100 and that includes a fluke 75 yard TD that should have been a penalty on the receiver, along with a freak show catch by Chase. QBR might have been closer to 20/100 without those 2 plays.