Burrow's first 2 games: 'making his own mark in the NFL'

[Essex Johnson]

(09-23-2020, 02:21 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Please stop comparing Andy Dalton's first two games to Joe Burrow's.  I shouldn't have to put out the obvious, but it's not at all apples to apples.

-Andy Dalton's first he was 10-15 for 81 yards and 1 TD. And he got 121 yards on the ground from Cedric Benson.

-Joe Burrow's first game he was 23-26 for 191 yards.  He got 69 yards on the ground from Joe Mixon.

-Through 2 starts Andy Dalton had 56 attempts.

-Through 2 starts Joe Burrow had 97 attempts.

-Andy Dalton's team had the #9 best defense in 2011. (Where's your guess we end up this year?)

It's clear as day one QB was being asked to do much, much more for their respective team.  It's clear as day Andy Dalton's line was better. (Whitworth, Livings, Cook, Bobbie Williams, Andre Smith)  And it's clear as day they joined two entirely different teams.

Please stop comparing players after the fact.. Smith had barely played.. Williams was 34 and out of football in a year.. played 1/2 the games.. Livings out in two year etc.. Whitworth was a stud... 

Dalton got hurt 1st game.. but still had a better passing rating.. 2nd game.. had over 300 yards and 3 tds.. blah blah blah...

funny how people want to compare Burrow in offseason to Palmer but if you bring Dalton up .. they go nuts.. go figure