Burrow ranked 13?

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(09-07-2020, 05:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Obviously there is nothing bad about having one of the greatest seasons ever by a college football QB.  But when you look at the rest of the college QBs on the list of "greatest seasons ever" none of them were really good in the NFL.

Burrow is my QB and i support him 100%, but I don't see how he could be ranked #13 before ever taking a snap.  Even the greatest prospects ever coming out of college (Elway, Luck, Manning, etc) did not set the league on fire as rookies.

I get what you're saying and i agree it's too much to expect Burrow to be "great" in year 1 under these circumstances...but you're off in your assertion about the others not being good. 

Kylar Murray had a solid--very Andy Dalton like--season last year as a rookie. Baker Mayfield set the record for TDs by a rookie and finished that year with a 97+ rating. Russell Wilson has been consistently great. RGIII, pre injury, was a very good dual threat and finished his rookie year with a 102+ rating and Cam Newton has been solid, if just average, stats-wise. 

There were several that did absolutely nothing; Colt Brennan, Logan Woodside and Kellen Moore and one, Jameis Winston, that has put up stats but is a turnover machine. 

The best ever--consensus top picks that you noted--took time and Burrow will take time too. Every Bengals fan should be aware of and accept this. Anything more is just icing on the cake.