Joe Burrow looking like Fran Tarkenton

[kevin]

(12-18-2024, 10:09 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: and Fran Tarkenton never won a Super Bowl.    

and some average quarterbacks have won NFL Championship or Super Bowl.  Other than The AFL Jets and AFL Chiefs winning, The NFL Champions and The Super Bowl Champions are the same thing. We have to give credit to all Champions of the 1920's, 1930's 1940's, 1950's, 1960's.  There were NFL Champions way before the first Super Bowl and the first 2 weren't much.  Green Bay vs Dallas in NFL Championship was better than what AFL had to offer.  

Tarkenton is in HOF and his passing records speak for themselves.  He had to play for the expansion Vikings in early 1960's and then a not very good New York Giants in late 1960's.  It was a big deal when Vikings got him back. However he had to play in Super Bowls the 1970's Pittsburg Steelers who were a dynasty, and The John Madden Oakland Raiders who were more than due a Super Bowl win.   

I think it was 1976 when Bengals played Vikings and they could not catch Tarkenton.  He would avoid Bengals holding the ball maybe 10 seconds until Bengals coverage broke down. Tatkenton was on his game and Bengals had no defense for that.  So when Burrow holds the ball 10 seconds, which is unheard of because the ball should be thrown in 3 seconds, Burrow being slippery avoiding tackles is THE ONLY reason I compare Burrow to Tarkenton lately.  

That said, I repeat, Bengals need better Blocking.  The Tarkenton or Burrow scramble is out of desperation due to poor blocking.  If Tarkenton had better blocking or if Burrow coukd get better blocking, that is how you get Super Bowl Wins, with good Blocking and good Tackling on defense. 

Sorry Tecmo, but Fran Tarkenton is in the NFL Hall of Fame.  Now Doug Williams won a Super Bowl, but he wasn't close to an NFL Hall of Fame career.   Because of his 2 AFC Champiknship games and a Super Bowl trip, I put Joe Burrow as best Bengals QB, followed by in this order, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Andy Dalton, Carson Palmer, Virgil Carter and a what if to rookie of the year Greg Cook.  So I already list Joe Burrow as best Bengal QB ever, with many wins ahead of him, BUT HE NEEDS MORE BLOCKING.