I could make an argument Burrow has played in 6 bigger games than Stafford

And all within the last 27 months (and all which he won btw). I’ll list these in descending chronological order:

1) AFC Championship Game at Kansas City
2) on the road at #1 seed Tennessee coming off a bye
3) Clemson National Championship Game
4) Oklahoma CFP Semi-Final
5) SECCG against Georgia in Atlanta
6) Bama in Tuscaloosa

I think the only game you could argue for Stafford is the NFCCG, but it was at home against a team they’d already played twice this season. But even if you put that game at #2 behind the AFCCG for Joe just because of the stakes of the winner going to the Super Bowl, I don’t think there’s much of a question that the other 5 I listed for Joe were all bigger than any game Stafford has played in since….2008 at Georgia?

And this isn’t a shot at Stafford at all. He just happened to go to a shite organization in the Lions where none of their games were for anything and nobody was watching. Even if Joe wasn’t Joe, you’d have to think playing in all those huge games so recently would be a big advantage to any QB, relative to handling the nerves.

Not saying that means the Bengals will win, just that Joe will probably be in more control of his emotions if it comes down to end of the 4th quarter simply because he’s been in a lot more of those type games a lot more recently.