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LOOK: Joe Burrow reps Bengals wide receivers with gameday outfit

SimonGibbs_UserImageby:Simon Gibbs•01/02/22•

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is having an incredible sophomore season in the NFL, routinely putting up strong individual stats while leading the Bengals to a 9-6 record.

Burrow has now thrown for 4,165 yards through 15 games, completing roughly 70% of his passes for 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Much of his success can be attributed to the Bengals’ trio of wide receivers, each of whom have amassed over 60 receptions on the year: Ja’Marr Chase, who has 68 receptions for 1,163 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns, Tee Higgins, who has 71 receptions for 1,029 receiving yards and six touchdowns and Tyler Boyd, who has 63 receptions for 792 receiving yards and four touchdowns.

Sunday, as the Bengals prepare to host the 11-4 Kansas City Chiefs, Burrow pulled up to the stadium in Cincinnati in style, wearing a T-shirt with Chase, Higgins and Boyd pictured front and center.

Kirk Herbstreit takes victory lap on Joe Burrow take after Bengals win

ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is loving every bit of Burrow’s season.

Burrow’s young NFL career has had its fair share of ups and downs, but this past weekend, he managed to notch his second win of the season against the Baltimore Ravens, an AFC North foe, and take sole possession of the No. 1 spot in the division. But in truth, Burrow did more than just beat the Ravens, he picked apart the defense for a career-best day — beating his previous career-best, which came in the first game of the season against the Ravens — with 525 passing yards, an 80 percent completion rate and four passing touchdowns. An Ohio native, Herbstreit is now taking a victory lap after expressing his confidence in Burrow.

“Tried to warn people about Joey B. This guy is wired VERY DIFFERENTLY — in a good way. This was leading into the draft that year,” Herbstreit said of Burrow, sharing a clip of his initial analysis of the pick. “He’s just warmin up by the way. Not the numbers- the competitive drive & will to dominate-As they get better around him & as he gains experience-LOOK OUT!”

Burrow, now in his second NFL season, has thrown for 4,165 yards in 2021, which ranks sixth-best among all NFL quarterbacks. His 30 passing touchdowns is not far behind, ranking seventh-best, and he’s done it with a 69.9% completion rate, throwing just 14 interceptions in the process.

Last season, in Burrow’s rookie campaign with the Bengals, he appeared in just 10 games before tearing his ACL, ultimately cutting his season short. He threw for 2,688 passing yards, 13 touchdowns and five interceptions in that abbreviated campaign, while holding a 65% completion rate, but the Bengals managed to go just 2-7-1 in the 10 games that Burrow started at quarterback. This year, the story is completely different, and the results are evident not just in Burrow’s stats but also the Bengals’ 9-6 record.

Burrow was selected with the first-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft after one historic season at LSU, emerging as the Heisman Trophy winner that no one saw coming and breaking several individual and team-wide records on the way. Burrow in 2019 threw for 5,671 passing yards — averaging 10.8 yards per attempt — and 60 touchdowns, holding a 76.3 percent completion rate, and threw just six interceptions to go along with it. All the while, Burrow led LSU to an undefeated season. The Tigers went 15-0, won the SEC Championship and later the national title, making the 2019 LSU team arguably the best in college football history.