re: Joe Burrow v. Pat Mahomes

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No one is trying to say that one metric makes a QB better than another. But you just can't let it go.

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You've bought in to an old media narrative from Ohio State beat writers - i.e. that Haskins had a much stronger arm than Burrow. He doesn't, and never did. And you can't let that go.

I don't know for certain if Mahomes or Burrow has the stronger arm and neither do you.

I once played a round of golf with a PGA pro and an ex-Iowa O Tackle. The tackle commented on what iron the pro was hitting over and over. Conversation went like this:

OT: FIVE iron? I'm hitting a 9.
OT: Eight iron, I'm hitting sand wedge, etc and etc.

Finally the pro said, "I choose to hit a 8 iron for distance control. But I can hit that green with every club in my bag - and twice as often as you can with your sand wedge - and I'll include my driver and my putter."

Then the PGA pro said, "We'll go for $1000, I'll take your I.O.U." The OT quickly STFU.

Bottom line: Burrow can fire cannon balls when he chooses to. He rarely chooses to. That's not his game.