Even Cincinnati Bengals coaches have felt the Joe Burrow hype.
While it remains unknown if Bengals coaches will get to work with the Heisman Trophy winner at the 2020 Senior Bowl, there’s hardly any doubt Burow is the way they’ll go a the top of the 2020 NFL draft.
And some quotes by key members of the coaching staff help further the notion.
Here’s quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt when asked, per Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:
“He definitely checks off a lot of boxes early on in the evaluation process. He obviously looks like a very intriguing guy.”
And offensive coordinator Brian Callahan:
“He’s got natural pocket feel. He feels it. It seems like he never takes his eyes off down the field. He extends the play really, really well. He’s a lot faster than you might assume when you see him running away from all those SEC guys. He’s got incredible up-field accuracy. The ball hardly ever hits the ground in a game, which is rare. He just naturally puts the ball in places where those guys can make plays.”
The Bengals will get looks at quarterbacks like Oregon’s Justin Herbert during the event in Mobile, if nothing else.
But it seems to be “Burrow or bust” season for Bengals fans in the wake of the national title game. And if that ends up being the move, it sure doesn’t sound like two key coaches with loads of experience developing quarterbacks will have any sort of complaint.
