I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
Originally Posted by ForeverIowan:
Burrow walking off the field yesterday hyping up the crowd as they chanted MVP was adorable. Not only will he not finish top 3 in MVP voting, they won't make the playoffs, and their stud receiver who went off yesterday will walk this offseason for nothing in return because they went all in this year. Just so happy for them they had the highlight of their season though knocking off the mighty Broncos! Super Bowl moment for Burrow and company!
I can't believe how biased Chiefsplanet is to Joe Burrow. If he drags the Bengals to the playoffs he should win MVP, period. They are 29th defensive ppg. It isn't Joe Burrow's fault their defense sucks ass just like it wasn't Mahomes fault when he was at Tech watching their defense give up 40 each game.
Look, I think Burrow is a total choad. But he's been great this year. GREAT. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I can't believe how biased Chiefsplanet is to Joe Burrow. If he drags the Bengals to the playoffs he should win MVP, period. They are 29th defensive ppg. It isn't Joe Burrow's fault their defense sucks ass just like it wasn't Mahomes fault when he was at Tech watching their defense give up 40 each game.
Look, I think Burrow is a total choad. But he's been great this year. GREAT.
Peak Burrow + a shit defense = .500 record and likely no playoffs, despite having multiple WR1s.
Mahomes' 1st year starting + a shit defense = 12-4 and an OT loss to Brady in the AFCCG.
And yes, the decline in the defense is partially the fault of Burrow and his contract. He's good, but he's no MVP. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I can't believe how biased Chiefsplanet is to Joe Burrow. If he drags the Bengals to the playoffs he should win MVP, period. They are 29th defensive ppg. It isn't Joe Burrow's fault their defense sucks ass just like it wasn't Mahomes fault when he was at Tech watching their defense give up 40 each game.
Look, I think Burrow is a total choad. But he's been great this year. GREAT.
I mean, his contract is at least partially responsible for their problems on defense. Mahomes won a MVP in 2018 and Super Bowl in 2019. What happened with his new contract in 2020 when he still had 2 years left on the rookie deal? He was very team-friendly in the first 3 years of his new deal. Only got $65 million from 2020 to 2022...
By comparison, Joe Burrow is getting $146 million from 2023 to 2025 even though he still had 2 cheap years left on the rookie deal. He squeezed them for top dollar on the front end of his contract. He could have gone a bit easier on them to help the front office. Throw in JaMarr Chase demanding $40M per year from the front office, and it's understandable they they are having a tough time on the defensive side of the ball. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I mean, his contract is at least partially responsible for their problems on defense. Mahomes won a MVP in 2018 and Super Bowl in 2019. What happened with his new contract in 2020 when he still had 2 years left on the rookie deal? He was very team-friendly in the first 3 years of his new deal. Only got $65 million from 2020 to 2022...
By comparison, Joe Burrow is getting $146 million from 2023 to 2025 even though he still had 2 cheap years left on the rookie deal. He squeezed them for top dollar on the front end of his contract. He could have gone a bit easier on them to help the front office. Throw in JaMarr Chase demanding $40M per year from the front office, and it's understandable they they are having a tough time on the defensive side of the ball.
Not ever gonna shit on a guy because he took the money the team gave him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I can't believe how biased Chiefsplanet is to Joe Burrow. If he drags the Bengals to the playoffs he should win MVP, period. They are 29th defensive ppg. It isn't Joe Burrow's fault their defense sucks ass just like it wasn't Mahomes fault when he was at Tech watching their defense give up 40 each game.
Look, I think Burrow is a total choad. But he's been great this year. GREAT.
Originally Posted by ThrobProng:
Peak Burrow + a shit defense = .500 record and likely no playoffs, despite having multiple WR1s.
Mahomes' 1st year starting + a shit defense = 12-4 and an OT loss to Brady in the AFCCG.
And yes, the decline in the defense is partially the fault of Burrow and his contract. He's good, but he's no MVP.
Yeah, the 2018 Chiefs defense gave up more PPG than the Bengals have given up this season, but let's talk about them like they're Texas Tech.
They also lost to the Patriots 16-10, only scored 17 against the Eagles, 25 against the Chiefs... hell, he hasn't even scored 50 in a loss.
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Not ever gonna shit on a guy because he took the money the team gave him.
The standard was set with the Mahomes deal. Bengals owner publicly said he would love if Burrow did something like that. Instead Burrow's agent squeezed them for top dollar on the front end. Did he really need $80 million more than Mahomes on the first 3 years of that new deal? He was still under contract for 2 years on the rookie deal. They might still have Jessie Bates and DJ Reader if Burrow took the Mahomes approach. [Reply]