Elephant in the Room

[Shake n Blake]

(11-07-2021, 08:29 PM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: Yeah I'd agree. Obviously right now nobody can sign him off as the guy for the next 15 years... we drafted him in the hope he's the messiah, and if that's the case then he'll be our guy for 15 years. We definitely can't sit here waiting for 15 years for him to be great for sure. He's gotta come up with the goods in the early years too.

So far I think he's still a very promising QB for us. I think he could be a great one. But it's possible he won't too, just too early to tell. The question I guess we need to ask is where does he fit when you compare him in Year 2, to Dalton/Palmer in Year 2? If he's going to be the guy, he's going to have to be a lot better than both of those two. 

I'll have to wait and see where Burrow settles in once this weeks stats are tallied, but I'd say he's having a slightly (yes, slightly) better season than Dalton's year 2, but it's not going to live up to Palmer's year 2...which was epic.

(11-07-2021, 09:05 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: well better compare is to Palmer.. he was #1 pick also.. Dalton was a 2nd round pick, I believe 5th QB taken in draft and really his performance overall at his draft level probably was right there compared to  Newtons as #1 pick..   so Burrow really does need to live up to the #1 pick overall.. 

For the most part I agree. Dalton had lower expectations due to where he was drafted.

He had quite a year in 2012 though.

7th in passing TDs
31 TDs overall (27 passing, 4 rushing)
13th in passer rating among 40+ qualifiers
8th most INTs (Burrow is probably #1 now)