02-08-2020, 02:05 PM
(02-08-2020, 11:30 AM)spazz70 Wrote: This is so far out there it is unreal....Carson Palmer was a blue chip high school player and a top 10 prospect from his junior and maybe even sophomore year... Burrow was a draft day afterthought before this season...I hope he comes to the Bengals and lights the NFL on fire BUT don't be upset if that does not happen...One season doe snot maketh an NFL elite QB, especially at the age of 23 already.
Its a matter of opinion, and time will tell. I feel like Burrow has all the intangibles that Carson lacked. Carson had the body type, a cannon arm, all of the tools you look for in a protype QB, but he didnt have what I like to call the Steve Young factor. The improvisational skills, the ability to make plays out of broken plays with his feet, vision and elusiveness. Wiley, firey, etc. Carson had a lot going on for him, but was pretty mechanical, not very mobile, not great at throwing on the run, and honestly he was a pick machine. He was however an excellent pocket passer. Top notch at that. I dont care what Kiper says tho lol. They were always on USC's ass back then. The raw real-life stats show that Burrow, in a much much harder conference against defenses on another level from what the Pac has ever had, put up almost identical numbers as Carson did their Jr years, and absolutely blew Carson's stats out of the water their Sr years. I dont put much stock in their high school stuff except when they are being recruited into college. That literally means nothing to me in the NFL.
