Twenty Years Ago

[*psychdoctor*]

A better comparison to A. Smith would be Herbert. Herbert has as strong arm if not better than Smith. Both came from the same school. Herbert has specific reads, and if that player is covered he panics and gets happy little feet.

Burrow has been compared to Manning, Brady, and other greats. He is playing in a pro-style offense and is breaking records in the SEC and against the highest level of competition. Burrow has nearly 80% completion rate, studies film and develops his own plays to submit to coaching staff. Smith has less than 10 on the Wonderlic score before beefing up his scores with practiced tests. Burrow is cerebral, smart, has leadership and other intangibles.

I want Young but I also think Burrow is the most compete QB to come out in quite a while. He will need help with another WR and RT, LG, and maybe RG. But the Bengals could focus on fixing holes in the offense this year and maybe a backer or two. Then next year fix secondary and get an edge player or two.

It is still a tough choice for me between Young and Burrow. I think Burrow should be the pick because the Bengals may not be in position to get another Franchise QB for a while. Sure, great QB can be found later in the draft, but not with Mike Brown involved.