Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals commenced the 2024 season with a dud, dropping at house to the New England Patriots, 16-10.Â
In his first sport since struggling a season-ending wrist harm in November of final season, Burrow completed with simply 164 passing yards, whereas New England out-gained Cincinnati 290-224 in complete yards.Â
Is it already time to sound the alarm on the Bengals?
On Wednesday’s version of “The Facility,” cohost James Jones opined that Burrow frequently will get a go in comparison with the critiques of different premier quarterbacks.
“Joe Burrow has not been good the previous two years. He was 5-5 final yr after which went out with an harm. Then, they [Bengals] went 4-3 with out Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow with out prime, elite extensive receivers is common,” Jones stated. “We hold dwelling on the Tremendous Bowl look, however we do not dwell on different stuff of different quarterbacks. Joe Burrow’s not enjoying good soccer proper now, and we hold placing him up there, saying ‘he is higher than Josh Allen. He is the No. 2 quarterback in soccer.’ Lots of people say it. … you simply misplaced to the Patriots. There’s lots of people that picked the Patriots most likely to not win one sport this yr. …
“You are presupposed to be the second-best quarterback in soccer. Everyone praising that you are the just one that may problem Patrick Mahomes and all this. Effectively, the final year-and-a-half, you haven’t been a great quarterback, and if it was another quarterback, we would not hold saying ‘oh man, if this, if that, if that, if this.’ No, the person’s bought to play higher.”
Previous to taking place with a wrist harm final season, Burrow totaled 2,309 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, six interceptions and a 91.0 passer score, whereas finishing 66.8% of his passes in 10 video games.Â
In 2021, Burrow helped lead the Bengals to the Tremendous Bowl, beating the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the AFC Championship Recreation, after which dropping to the Chiefs within the AFC title sport the following yr (2022). Burrow totaled 4,400-plus passing yards and 34-plus passing touchdowns in each seasons. Cincinnati missed the playoffs final season, whereas Burrow’s 2020 rookie season was additionally lower brief after 10 video games resulting from a torn ACL.
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Burrow has had the posh of throwing to extensive receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Chase — who performed for the Bengals in Week 1 regardless of an ongoing dispute over a contract extension — has been a Professional Bowler in every of his three seasons within the NFL, and Higgins totaled 1,000-plus receiving yards in each 2021 and 2022. This previous offseason, Cincinnati misplaced veteran receiver Tyler Boyd to the Tennessee Titans, who additionally employed former Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan as their new head coach.
The Bengals are 29-23-1 within the common season and 5-2 within the postseason with Burrow underneath middle. They journey West to face the reigning back-to-back Tremendous Bowl-champion Chiefs on Sunday.
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