I am an LSU fan and during Burrow’s college days I noticed that on a lot of deep balls Joe will under throw his receivers and Chase and JJ were almost always able to track back and make the catch. I assumed that Joe didn’t have the consistent arm strength.
When he came to the NFL I was a little worried about this being taken advantage by the higher caliber of DB’s in the league. But it has continued to work and he can pinpoint dimes on deep balls as well so it has to be a tactical decision based on coverages and how the DB’s are playing his receivers.
I only watch LSU/Saints and now Bengals games aside from sporadic highlights. I don’t remember Drew Brees doing this, do any other top level QB’s strategically under throw their receivers like Burrow does?
Was it strategy when Chase got hurt last week on a badly under thrown ball that should have been a walk in TD?
I’m not sure it’s pure strategy so much as the fact Burrow has only ever produced in his football career with absurdly good receivers. Maybe his arm isn’t as good as he gets credit for because the receivers can make up the difference.
Terrible take, he made Trenton Taylor and Irwin look like very serviceable WR’s.
Joe was having a great rookie season despite throwing to a bunch of average dudes and a oline trying to get him killed but go ahead.