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Fran Tarkenton was a great passer and in HOF. Joe Kapp and Billy Kilmer threw these wounded duck passes that it's amazing anybody ever caught them. However Joe Kapp in 1969 was one tough dude. He didn't get thrown around. he threw other players around. In NFL Championship Game, a Cleveland Brown defensive player tried to tackle him, and QB Joe Kapp got up, the Cleveland Brown D player got carried off the field. Joe Kapp was tough, and he kind of stood for the 1969 Vikings toughness, but his passes were awful. Fran Tarkenton could throw, he was great.
My point is that Joe Burrow scrambling to his left and to his right, and escaping tackles, buying time until a Bengal gets open, that is Classic Tarkenton. Now Boomer Esiason was hard to tackle because he was so darn big. Sometimes 2 or 3 defenders had Boomer and he still threw 30 yards down field because he was so darn big. Neither Tarkenton or Burrow had Boomer size. Nor could either Tarkenton or Burrow run like Cam Newton. Burrow looks about the size of Tarkenton, has a great arm like Tarkenton, and Burrow is slippery and elusive avoiding tacklers like Tarkneton. Burrow on a play last week scrambled out of the pocket left, and turned and scrambled back right, and after holding the ball close to 10 seconds which is unheard of, he threw and completed a pass down field, and THAT is Classic Fran Tarkenton.
I must add that scrambling means The Offensive Line isn't doing there job. If the Bengals could Block, Burrow wouldn't have to run around like Fran Tarkenton. I don't know who's in charge of Blocking and Tackling on this team, but it has to get better.
My point is that Joe Burrow scrambling to his left and to his right, and escaping tackles, buying time until a Bengal gets open, that is Classic Tarkenton. Now Boomer Esiason was hard to tackle because he was so darn big. Sometimes 2 or 3 defenders had Boomer and he still threw 30 yards down field because he was so darn big. Neither Tarkenton or Burrow had Boomer size. Nor could either Tarkenton or Burrow run like Cam Newton. Burrow looks about the size of Tarkenton, has a great arm like Tarkenton, and Burrow is slippery and elusive avoiding tacklers like Tarkneton. Burrow on a play last week scrambled out of the pocket left, and turned and scrambled back right, and after holding the ball close to 10 seconds which is unheard of, he threw and completed a pass down field, and THAT is Classic Fran Tarkenton.
I must add that scrambling means The Offensive Line isn't doing there job. If the Bengals could Block, Burrow wouldn't have to run around like Fran Tarkenton. I don't know who's in charge of Blocking and Tackling on this team, but it has to get better.
1968 Bengal Fan
