re: Jimmy Johnson " I had inside information on Burrow" that "he's the best I have ever seen"

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Posted by redfish99 on 2/13/22 at 11:29 am to TrueTigerTale After game 4 I said on hear if healthy they can make great run through playoffs. Downvotes rained. He’s a pure d winner. Nothing about him tells you different. Nothing.

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It was the Cincy factor, no one expected any QB could do that in Cincy. Joe Burrow believed it then did it! Greatest sports story ever told.

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I just can’t figure out why Ohio state let him go.

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Like most folks, coaches have a preconceived idea of what kind of player they want playing a position and let that override even first-hand observations. To put in the backup, to some stubborn folks, is admitting they were wrong.

Just compare Burrow's vs. Haskins's stats in the spring game before he transferred. Not close!

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But I promise you there is not a guy on the Bengals team that doesn’t 100% believe they have the best QB and leader going into today’s game.

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Also a great point.

Also aware that Dwayne Haskins is a pocket passer

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Like most folks, coaches have a preconceived idea

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This was a big part of it at Ohio State. Urban Meyer was never sold on Burrow as a recruit, and really Burrow only finally got the offer there because their OC Tom Herman pushed really hard to get Urban to bring the kid in. Meyer also famously said that Burrow "threw like a girl". It would have required Urban Meyer to swallow his ego and admit he might have been wrong if he actually put Burrow at QB1. Wasn't going to happen. Ever.

Burrow performed well enough as a backup and was on track to be the starter but then hurt his hand which gave Meyer all the window he needed to cement Haskins as QB1 and prove he had been right all along. Burrow, wanting a chance to start, transferred to LSU and proved to Meyer and everyone else that he was the real alpha.

I am 62 years old. Never in my life have I ever purchased a player memento to hang on a wall in my home.

Then Burrow comes along. Yep, I have the jersey framed and on the wall. He is the best I have ever seen. This guy is only going to get better.

How Urban Meyer missed this guy is something I will not ever understand. Unless it was affirmative action for the OSU QB.... but thank the Lord he did.

I told LSU people when Burrow transferred that he is Joe Montana.

They of course scoffed.

But remember remember, his hands were too small

Best I've ever seen? Nope. Marino.

My money is on Joe and the Bengals. He is a beast and deadly accurate and will light it up like it would be an LSU vs Georgia championship game and Matthew from Georgia will follow the past of choking in the Championship game.
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