Joe Burrow keeps stacking up big performances, but Fox Sports’ latest quarterback stock report still leaves the Bengals star sitting lower than plenty of fans would expect.
That ranking came out during a messy stretch for Cincinnati. The Bengals beat the Atlanta Falcons in Spain on Sunday, then spent Tuesday dealing with trade deadline drama after making one move and quickly rescinding it. Now the attention swings back to football, and straight into a huge AFC North test against the Pittsburgh Steelers this weekend.
Burrow’s play has been the steady part of all this. He’s been operating at an MVP level, and Henry McKenna bumped him up to sixth in his Week 10 quarterback rankings, one spot higher than last week.
“Every week, Burrow has put on a clinic,” wrote McKenna. “The only downside has been his six interceptions.”
The five quarterbacks ranked ahead of him were Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, Patrick Mahomes, Jordan Love, and Josh Allen.
The interceptions are clearly doing some damage to Burrow’s stock, even though the numbers around him don’t fully line up. Love and Allen also have six interceptions, but both have fewer touchdown passes than Burrow, who has 23 on the season.
That turnover total isn’t perfect, but it’s easier to overlook when the touchdown production looks like this. Three of Burrow’s six picks came in the Bengals’ 43-36 win over the Tennessee Titans, a game in which he still threw five touchdown passes and added a rushing touchdown.
Burrow has been playing at an elite level all season, and if he keeps this up, leaving him out of the top tier of MVP discussion would be hard to justify. A win over the Steelers on Sunday would only strengthen both his ranking and his case for the award.
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