Chris, Simms, top 40 quarterback, count. What up
baby? Will look at me, man. I'm I'm pimping their I guess
I don't know what I'm doing. I'm Kramer. I think that's who
I was actually but
jobber. Oh, okay. He doesn't wear coats. That crazy. Not
like Kramer just had on but Joe burrow will be coming in at
number 4.
I mean, Joe's the man, I don't know what to say. Maybe
the guy the thing I would start off with just say is
the guy can just play
. That's what did I come down to?
I think last year I said he's the natural or when he was
coming out. That's what I look at. I don't know if there's one
area look at and go. Oh he's the best at that and football
but in every area I look at I go. Whoa, well, Joe Burrows.
Have to towards the Top,
Every Lie, every area. It doesn't matter what it is.
You you can go through it and compare and whatever, and I'd go
well, Joe Burrows up there. He might not be number one,
but he's like in the top five and every important category
there is in football. So I think that's where it's really
an impressive.
Sir. All right he is like
the other thing I want to say, you know, again
he would be the ultimate
can be Surgical and run the system and almost be like his
Idol in life, Drew Brees where you can just go.
Oh my gosh, it's just one accurate perfect. Throw after another
but then
the ability to throw with pressure on him or like we
talked about so much and, you know, very important to me. I'm
it is just protection. Breaks down, people aren't open and
the
Schedule stuff. I mean it's through the roof, it's through
the roof really with all four of these guys. He is really
good and that that area maybe he's actually better in this
area than the guy we're going to talk about a
number three in a minute, in a minute,
Burrows, ability to move in the pocket, arguably the best in
the whole league. Working the pocket, working the pocket,
sliding to the right spots, avoiding a sack and then being
on a throwing position and still throwing and you go man
he moved a lot but he didn't
really move anywhere. You just stayed in this little area here
and still got a big
That's where he is like through the roof, good he really is. He
is the most slippery
mofo in football when it comes to
avoiding Saxon doing that. And then you know, last but not
least just to speak to him a little bit
and this is two years in a row, we've seen this. And of course
the other guy did this is in the top four, we're going to be
talking about and to me this is where it's special like
Still, he went to the
Super Bowl with the worst Super Bowl offensive line in
the history of the sport to me. You have to be special to get there
when it's like
your teams in the combo for. Maybe the BET worst pass
protecting o-line and football. But hey, you're in the Super
Bowl
there in the Super Bowl. One Reason, Borough smarts, get
the bottom, my hands quick, right. Oh wait, let me change
the protection and then let me just make magic happen. Even though
people are bearing down on me. I'll take the shot and get
crush and make the
throw or I'll make the guy. S and B, slippery Joe
and make a play outside of the pocket or in the pocket.
I mean, come on. What do you got to say? I mean the same thing
with Mahomes the year before and
one of the poorer offensive lines and football past
protecting the last half of that year, they still go to
the Super Bowl. It just speaks to both these guys and what they
can do
on their own. But yes it's brains its Braun
its power and accuracy, you know, along with touch. I mean
like I said he's just a natural and of course he's clutch Gene
to go along with
it and has a great
Leadership
leadership and and and you know,
what do I want to say influence on his football team? Because
of the man, he is got an aura around Aura. That's the way
they sailed the confidence that he has.
It appears that he instills that in into his 100% to his
teammates, except for maybe his offensive line last year. Yeah,
he did leave. These only 51 sacks last year. He took
maybe a lesser quarterback would have taken more but to
still perform at a high level. Even taking that beating,
I think is one of the things that stands out with, it definitely
does. So what Notice biggest difference, you know, we didn't
get to see him all of his rookie year right with a knee
injury.
What was the biggest difference you saw between that first year
in the second year for him. Number one thing is arm
strength and that's something I got into him with yesterday and
we'll talk about improved and improved. So, that's where, you
know, you again, where people
go, you can improve arm strength or whatever, I
b******* like b*******. We've seen plenty of quarterbacks get
better in those areas here
and burrow, he assessed after your one.
Here's the The interesting thing. Yeah, you're one. He
said he missed some throws where he goes. I just I if
I had more power would have got it and then he realized
the elements in the AFC North we're going to be an issue and that
he had to
throw the ball with more power to cut through the wind and
some of these stadiums and all that, right, right. So that was
really cool little nugget. He gave me and
I think you know, that's where he went back and he started to
go. All right, so what do I do here to kind of improve in this
area?
And he did, he worked with Jordan Palmer and they got
after a little bit and I think the thing I saw was,
hey, one, a guy that was maybe more assured himself within
the offense and everything. That way, you know, I think they
played a better style two of, you know, maybe
you know, play-action pass for tected, let him throw the ball
down the field a little bit. But the arm strength, I think,
is the biggest thing I look at. We saw a lot of the things we
saw last year in year one.
It's just I think he grew.
He got smarter and he improved in that area to where I think
it just
The wow throws. And wow, plays went way up, and they were game
changers throughout the year for the Bengals. He led the NFL
in both completion percentage in yards per attempt, mon
recent quarterbacks who quarterbacks who have done that
Drew Brees in 2007. Sure, Israel, Tony
Romo, did I 2014 Tom Brady back in 2007. So it's pretty rare.
If you're watching, you saw the graphic there, 13 touchdown
passes last year, on passes of 20, or more yards. Downfield
had won the previous year. Yes, right. But does he do any of
that?
Out Jamar Chase.
Here's one where this is the hardest part for you because
exercise is separating what the guy does with The Supporting
Cast, what he would do with just an average team here,
right? It's hard to say that he would have done
this much stuff and maybe wow, do you as much without having
Jamar Chase? Let's maybe not. You're right. I still think
though if they have another good receiver, let's say they
didn't draft Jamar Chase and they drafted Penny Sewell right
and then they took a receiver at the top of the second round.
I still I'll think their offense would have been
extremely dangerous and we would have seen what we need to
see what Joe burrow, you know
what happens with Jamar Chase and guys like that sometimes, is
it not this early?
It doesn't necessarily like oh man, he's helping Joe Borough.
What it really does. In my eyes is goes
look now everything's available for him and it shows you what
he's capable of. Yeah, that's the way I think. I look at it
a little bit more. We're now, it's just like, well, these
opportunities and I hope shouldn't he can take advantage
of all of them.
Look at this guy's unreal.
So, yes, he did. Bomb statistically. And the way it
looked in the s******* of all that sure,
but I still think if they got a
another good receiver without Jamar Chase, we're still
looking at one of the best quarterbacks and football and
one of the better offenses in football and to your point with
the completion percentage and then
the yards per attempt like
that to me that when you said that and some of those names
there, man, those are impressive names.
And to me I look at the Brady won in 2007. Evan and him as
being like
really impressive because
Not to take away from the other guys
but
it's pretty aggressive down the field passing. This is not like
this was not like oh the whole offense is
around like you know, maybe Drew Brees and Sean Payton and
we're just gonna dissect you six and eight yards at a time.
There's nothing wrong with that. I'm
not trying to say anything bad about that,
but this was different where it's like, whoa, he's dropping
back and looking for the 20 yard in Cut. Whoa, It's
one-on-one and he
He's throwing a bomb to Jamar Chase. Even though the concept
was open over here, he's going to take Jamarcus, he's
aggressive, you know, he's gonna throw a 30-yard back
shoulder,
you know, he's in a scramble and then throw a 40-yard post
down the middle and still throw for 70%. That's where it's
a special.
And then and then Ahmed, the guys you just talked about had
King amazing offense of lines
and this guy did it with
none of that and that's where to me. It's another level and
you don't really
Appreciate how awesome he is. And I probably say this a lot
of a lot of the good quarterbacks, but just when you
start to watch,
how many times you go, oh, damn,
he was under pressure in that game, a lot more than I gave
him credit for it. That when I at the time. Sure. Oh, holy
s***. This is seven throws in a row. He's been under pressure
and they've gotten a first down on and you go. And
just you, you kind of block it out and take it for granted
after a while because he's so good and natural at it. So Joe
be
he's the man, there's no doubt. So he was 26. Yeah.
Before he played a downright in 2020, he was 17th last year,
coming off the injury. Yep. And what I even said at the time,
I said really the way he played warranted higher than 17 but
because of the injury concerned, I wasn't sure where
he would be at early in the year and everything there and
that's why I made them 17. Let's tag it on the offensive
line here because we've mentioned it a couple times,
led the NFL with taken 51 sacks last year,
but he had a league-high,
60 percent completion percentage.
And yards per attempt, when Under Pressure, that's amazing.
According to Pro Football, Focus. So, we handled it very
well. He does when he, when he was under under pressure,
right? And now he'll have a revamped offensive line.
I mean, what is, what is possible here at? Do you see that as
a significant Improvement? What they've done on the
offensive line in the offseason
and what could that mean for Joe Borough? This II do think
it's significant? No I do. I'm in got to see Ted Karis
yesterday. He looked good and you could tell Joe was happy to
have them.
I Look at their old line. And yeah, I mean it's,
you know, we brought up my homes in Kansas City
and this is the kind of adjustment they made after they
lost the Super Bowl. Like there's one
Jonah Williams. That's the only guy. The lone holdout for
the only hold over and he's the only guy that's worth being
a hold, our Jackson Carmen started.
I pretty, you know, pretty early in the year and then he
got hurt and he came out and he's young, but so he's kind of
a
holdover / now going to be a staple, but
I That's a significant Improvement. I'm not going to
say it goes from like, what? Kansas City did with getting
like me. You know, Orlando, Brown and Joe Tunney and
drafting a second round guard at all. Well, I mean Center out
of Oklahoma, but I still think that's going to change their
football team and,
you know, one. Yeah. You're going to get Joe burrow more
time. Oh, yeah. To
okay. He's not going to be under pressure as much and now
we're going to let T Higgins. Jamar, Chase, run down
the field even more. So we don't have to worry about always
getting the ball out of our hands quickly. 03.
Now Joe Mixon is going to actually him whole On a weekly
basis
and now we got to worry about the play action. Even being
scarier off of that, which they were pretty good. A play action
to begin with without a run game. So that's where I think
I'm going to your point and especially in the AFC North.
That's where it's going to be huge. Again, that's another
thing I think would like to say yeah, they did this in the AFC,
North would like just bad m************ on defense. A
lines everywhere, falling off trees
and they're still want it. And that's just, I think speaks
a jobber. Oh, so that's the question going into next year.
If they have improved the glaring weakness on their team,
which was the offensive Line, where do they stack up in this
AFC North? You said, it's a very good division. You got
Baltimore in there. You got
Cleveland, you got Pittsburgh, our friends over at points
about have given the odds here and they're currently tied
with Baltimore plus 200
Cleveland. Not far behind + 2 10. Wow.
And Pittsburgh at plus 900 so
Cincinnati. They could be better
but they may be worse
record-wise. I mean it was a magical run
last year, every things have got to work out, no matter how
good you are, things have to work. How that make it make it
through the playoffs? Get to the Super Bowl? Yep, few
bounces. Stay healthy all that. Sure. So it's not a guarantee.
They're going to find themselves back
deep in the playoffs again. Yeah you know it's not
a guarantee as probably the number one question asked to
me, ask for me and Cincinnati yesterday in the airport
and the car ride to the facility
like are we good? Can we go back to the Super Bowl?
And I just like I listen I
you know you're going to be good. This is what I kept
saying to them like
hey I don't know if you're going to make a playoff run and
get to the Super Bowl, I don't know. No, but I do know this.
You're going to be in the conversation here for a time
for a time here. Like you're not going anywhere.
So like even if they were to miss have a Super Bowl, let
down in miss out on the playoffs. I thought we're
talking like nine and eight or whatever, you know what I mean?
I don't think that they their roster is real,
There's real confidence there. It's hard to find a real weak
spot. You know they're coached well on both sides of
the football so
like they're going to be relevant for a while and I
Think in my heart of hearts,
I want to say, yeah, they're going to be more than relevant.
They're going to be a playoff team. That's gonna be dangerous
every year. That's that's kind of how I feel but like you
said, it's a real Division
and those it's maybe the most talented division of football.
That's what these quarterbacks do. They put you in
the conversation? Every year, they do a year. You had no matter
how bad your offensive line is maybe your defense. We've seen
it with Russell Wilson and Seattle
there in the converse. That's what a great quarterback does.
That's exactly right. You don't have to have a great
quarterback to win the Super Bowl, but the great
quarterback. Covers a lot of holes
to can get you through parts of the Season. Like, you're saying
if we're struggling the offensive lines, heard, a few
receivers are hurt, and you come away from a four-game
stretch where we're going. We were less than we went three
and one. Why did you go through my own because her
quarterbacks awesome. That's how we survive that.
That's what the great quarterback can do. We can keep
you in that conversation and even to last year, you know,
you look at last year and you break it down,
they even in their losses. There's only one game that they
weren't in and that was the Cleveland Brown game at home.
Other than that,
I mean, they're you know,
chance to win the game.
I mean nobody just kind of dominated him other than
the Browns on that day and I think that was the week after obj got
released her traded or release from the Browns. But yeah,
I think we got a really good football team with young talent
and real belief behind them as well and how bad they've
been for. So, long is almost like a distant memory
right now. It's easy to forget how how much of a struggle. It
has been for them for a while, but the Bengals are now in
the mix, we think in the mix
for the next few years to