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After an excitement-filled 2021 season. Joe Burrow and the Bengals will be playing in the AFC Championship game. With a magical connection to wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Burrow, and the Bengals offense has become one of the most explosive in the league. So much so, that Joe Burrow threw for 4,611 yards, 34 touchdowns, and fourteen interceptions.
Burrow’s shining moment of the season came against the Baltimore Ravens when he threw for 525 yards and four touchdowns with just nine incomplete passes. How did he follow up on one of the best games in NFL history? With a win over the defending AFC Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs where he threw for another 446 yards and four more scores.
Joe Burrow is now firmly a top-tier quarterback in the NFL. In fact, he easily could have been one spot higher on this list as he and the next player were super difficult to separate. He and the Bengals now go to Kansas City with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. After winning his first two playoff games, it is hard to doubt Joe Burrow any longer.