Games against losing teams last year

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(05-16-2022, 05:19 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Also, to note, there was 2 different Joe B's out there in 1st half of season vs 2nd half of the season. I that had more to do with him getting his confidence back from his injury. 

Joe should come out playing now like he was in 2nd half of the season last year,

Some fans did not like it in 2020 when I kept reminding them that Burrow's passer rating was 24th in the league.  But at the same time I always pointed out that as a rookie behind a terrible O-line Burrrow had the second lowest int percentage in the league (1.2%).  That is a ridiculous number for rookie.  It is also a ridiculous number for a QB with no running game who knows he has to carry the offense.

So I did not really panic when Burrow threw all those picks last year.  I knew that if he could not read defenses he would never have had a 1.2% interception percentage as a rookie.

But a big reason that after 14 weeks we were just 7-6 and struggling to stay in the playoff race was that Joe was leading the league in interceptions (14).  But once he relaxed and stopped trying to force too many high risk passes we caught fire.  Here is an interesting breakdown of Joe's career.

First 10 games..........  5 ints
next 13 games.......... 14 ints
last 8 games.............  2 ints

I don't think we have anything to worry about Burrow coming out throwing a bunch of picks.