The No1 overall pick has shown he has the potential to be great. But Andrew Luck is a cautionary tale of what happens when quarterbacks are not protected
At what point does the Cincinnati Bengals’ lack of protection for the crown jewel of this year’s draft, No 1 overall pick Joe Burrow, become malpractice?
The quarterback has taken a serious amount of punishment in his five weeks as an NFL starter. He has been sacked 22 times, hit 50 times and pressured 65 times. He “leads” the NFL in all three of those categories. And these aren’t pack-up-and-fold, mid-career Peyton Manning-type sacks. These are vicious, are-they-still-allowed-to-hit-like-that shots.
Written by Oliver Connolly
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/15/joe-burrow-cincinnati-bengals-offensive-line-protection-nfl-football under the title “Should the Bengals sit Joe Burrow to stop the talent being hammered out of him?”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
