01-12-2020, 06:24 PM
(01-12-2020, 04:53 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: They also played in different eras of the game so of course the numbers are going to be different.
It isn't a numbers thing that makes the comparison it is one year of college production translating to a 1st round pick by a franchise that can NOT afford to miss again.
It's not even about era's and numbers though. If you go back and watch Akili's '98 season at Oregon...after watching Burrow this year, there is still no comparison in terms of talent, accuracy, reading defense, improvising off-script, etc, etc.
If you can watch both guys play in their final college season and still come away thinking one is equal to the other, then I guess we'll just agree to disagree.
Also, for those that are dead set on using the 'only one year of big time production' argument as a reason to not draft Burrow...it's interesting that they seem to always use Akili as the example and ignore that another Bengals 1st round QB who had as many INT's as TD's until exploding in his final season, and he had the Bengals in the playoffs in his 2nd season as a starter.
