Top 100 Players-Joe Burrow

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(08-08-2023, 09:19 AM)lone bengal Wrote: Let’s keep in mind this is about who had the best individual season 2022 not who’s the best player in general. Hurst made it to the superbowl and he statically had one of the best performances. He was 27/ 38 with 304 yards a td with no ints. Hurts also rushed for 3 TDs with a 2 point conversion. Far as the regular season Hurts had 6 ints and Burrow had 12. Burrow had 4,475 yards passing and 35 TDs compared to Hurts 3,701 and 22 TDs. However you have to factor Hurts rushing stats with 13 TDs rushing with over  700 yards rushing. Hurts also missed two games.   At the end of the day all that matters is championships and that all I’m concerned about far as the Bengals go.

Burrow passing+rushing (16 games) - 4732 yards, 40 total TDs. 18 turnovers. 295.75 total YPG
Hurts passing+rushing (15 games) - 4461 yards, 35 total TDs. 15 turnovers. 297.4 total YPG


Hurts had the better OL and RBs though, which helps.

It's extremely close (Burrow slightly higher TDs and turnovers per game), but with any QB who rushes a lot, there will be the concern of durability and eventually losing a step sooner than later. So I think many favor the better passer over the dual threat because of that.
Hurts is thicker than someone like Jackson or RG3 though, so he may end up being able to run more without getting hurt.

Hurts is kind of following a similar path to Josh Allen.
Allen Year 2 - 59% completion for 3089 yards, 20 TDs. 510 rush yards, 9 rush TDs.
Hurts Year 2 - 61% completion for 3144 yards, 16 TDs. 784 rush yards, 10 rush TDs.

Allen Year 3 took a big jump in passing, similar to Hurts. Now, we consider Allen one of the best QBs in the league. Maybe Hurts is on his way to be in the same conversation.