Playoffs?! Playoffs?!!!

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(11-10-2020, 02:38 PM)fredtoast Wrote: He has set yardage marks because he is leading the league in pass attempts.

Jameis Winstead had more passing yards than any QB last year.  How great do you think he was?

Through his first 8 games Joe has attempted more passes (330) than any rookie QB except Andrew Luck.  Luck only had 6 more attempts than Burrow, but had over 130 more yards.  Burrows yards per attempt through his firs 8 games (6.88) ranks 28th in league history.  Justin Hebert is averaging a full yard more per attempt (7.98) than Burrow.  Last year Gardner Minshew (7.60) averaged more than half a yard more than Burrow in his first 8 games.  So did one of the biggest draft busts in history, Geno Smith (7.44).

Same Fred, different day.

Winston also led the league in INTs.  Having had to air it out as much as Burrow has, and only having 5 INTs is amazing.  Clearly, another stat you avoided because it doesn't make your cherry-picked argument.  

And if you have been watching, his YPA have been increasing game over game.  He has started to build a chemistry and has some more reliable targets now in Boyd, Higgins, and Tate whereas Green had a horrible targets-to-completion % early in the year.  You contradict yourself in your post by talking about his poor YPA and how many times he has thrown the ball leading to his yardage totals by ignoring his 67% completion percentage.  

Here are his last five games, in order oldest to most recent.   The last two games, Huber had a TOTAL of three punts.  They were never two scores behind dictating he had to throw.  Look at his completion % in those games.  

69.4
63.3
64.4
74.4%
70.2%

Again, doing all this without much of a rushing attack or offensive line.  Best part is...he is still getting better each week.