12-23-2019, 04:55 PM
(12-23-2019, 04:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If Burrow was elite at all of those things we would have seen better numbers last year
Are you saying that every college QB who puts up big numbers will be a good NFL QB?
Carson Palmer put almost identical stats his junior year as Burrow did except Palmer had a worse record and more INTs and had been on the same team for 2 years previous. Burrow finished his first season on a new team with a QB rating of 133 as a junior. Palmer threw more than twice the INTs his junior year than Burrow did his junior year. Burrow was on a new team Palmer was in his 3rd year on his team. As a senior, Palmer really blew up and improved his numbers....but not to the level Burrow did. Burrows senior stats dwarf Palmers. Burrow threw for 15 more TD, half the INTs that Palmer did, almost 1000 more yards, and Palmer had Pete Carrol as a coach, not Farmer Fran. Its really not even close when you look at the stats.
Also would like to point out that USC was a QB factory and LSU was a QB graveyard until Burrow. It becomes very very clear why Burrow is the #1 pick this year, when you consider why Palmer was that year.
