07-25-2022, 01:05 PM
Mike Sando just released his yearly QB tiers. It is a list put together by league executives and coaches ranking all the starting QB's into tiers. Burrow comes in at the bottom of tier 1, but was fascinating another GM called him young Tom Brady.
That comparison has continued to be used by people around the league and I do find it fascinating. I think people go to it because they don't know how to quite quantify what it is he does so well but know it's something. He isn't the biggest or fastest, he doesn't have the best arm, he is really accurate and a good processor of information but still wouldn't say best. There is a bit of that intangible people can't place their finger on, you kind of know it when you see it. Maybe it's his ability to control emotions and stay poised?
Either way, the one knock was on him predetermining reads in the quick game but even that was semi explained away as potentially being a function of the O line. I definitely agree that he can sometimes be baited pre snap in a "We know he knows we are doing this so we are showing this to get him to do that" situations. The more he continues to see I think that will become less and less often though.
That comparison has continued to be used by people around the league and I do find it fascinating. I think people go to it because they don't know how to quite quantify what it is he does so well but know it's something. He isn't the biggest or fastest, he doesn't have the best arm, he is really accurate and a good processor of information but still wouldn't say best. There is a bit of that intangible people can't place their finger on, you kind of know it when you see it. Maybe it's his ability to control emotions and stay poised?
Either way, the one knock was on him predetermining reads in the quick game but even that was semi explained away as potentially being a function of the O line. I definitely agree that he can sometimes be baited pre snap in a "We know he knows we are doing this so we are showing this to get him to do that" situations. The more he continues to see I think that will become less and less often though.
