01-12-2020, 07:27 PM
(01-12-2020, 06:24 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: 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.
Yeah there is no comparison between those two for many reasons. First off Burrows stats in his two season dwarf Akili's 2 seasons by a long shot. But the biggest thing is Akili was lazy and lacked the aptitude. He did horrible on his wonderlic and had to be tudored to raise his score. He didnt study the playbook, he didnt watch film, he missed all of training camp, was not even close to a leader and just overall had a very poor football demeanor. Joe Burrow is the exact opposite of all of those things. Its just not close at all.
