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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
There’s fair and unfair criticism of any QB.
The fair criticism of Burrow is:
1. What would he look like without such great receivers? Could still be great, but we don’t know.
2. Sacks. Whether it’s him or the OL, he takes way too many sacks. That’s not sustainable. It’ll either kill key drives (see last year’s AFCCG) or shorten his career (maybe both).
He’s been sacked 148 times in 52 regular season games. Mahomes has been sacked 148 times in 96 regular season games.
Burrow has also been sacked 29 times in 7 postseason games. Mahomes has been sacked 32 times in 17 postseason games.
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This is always a little bit of A, little bit of B.
Burrow's line has never been great. But he also holds the ball too long. And ultimately he may end up being a little like Watson in that even when Watson DID have a good OL, he was still taking too many sacks.
You didn't know it was Watson's doing until the line got cleaned up. But once you did, he was still a guy who was getting himself in trouble.