re: Burrow is the best complete QB in the SEC. True or False?

Gee Roger. It looks like the O-Bashers have given up on arguing about actual football (smart move for them) and taken the battle to Nit-Picking-Word-Games. Earl came up with this gem:

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Two different points:
1. Burrow was one of the 5 best QBs last season. IMO, he was.
2. Could Burrow have been drafted in the '19 draft as a top-5 QB pick. Not likely.


So in one post, he says Burrow wouldn't be a top 5 QB with last seasons stats, then he turns around one page later and says that Burrow was one of the 5 best QB's last season, in his opinion.

Yet still not be one of the top-5 QB's picked in the 2019 draft.

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So yeah, of course it was "not likely" that Burrow would have been drafted in '19 - his stats were weighted down by poor scheme, and by mediocre O-Line and WR play. But he was still intrinsically one of the 5 best QBs in college ball.

Burrow is the very same QB this season, but his stats will jump because:

1) A VASTLY IMPROVED SCHEME - The Spread/RPO is a superior offene.
2) By an improved O-Line who also will usually be under 2.5 seconds pass rush defending,
3) Receivers who will be more in synch with Joe, and will be most often catching short high-percentage throws
An additional plus for Joe-
4) A Spread/RPO QB is a hot item in the NFL these days

So, Joe will be essentially be the same QB, but will have vastly better stats in 2019. Obviously, IMO, Joe's skill set was Top-5 among QBs in '19, but his stats were not.

I think he almost certainly would have been drafted in '19, but in the later rounds.

So bottom line:
Joe was a Top-5 QB in skills, etc. in '19, but not in stats.
This season Joe will have the same skills, etc, but will also have the stats

Maybe if we can catch Earl in a sober moment, he'll be able to comprehend such distinctions... or maybe not!