Originally Posted by
Mojouw
Less than 5.5 yards per pass. That is the key thing here. Right now, Burrow completes in the flats and short slants. Nothing else. His coach is managing the game for him and only asking his QB to make fairly easy and safe throws. He is a more precise version of 2019 Mason Rudolph with far superior scrambling ability.
If he doesn't start going downfield, this is all going to end badly. NFL defenses will continue to let him have the throws he is making. No one really cares about those. He had to put it up like, what, 60 times or something to generate those #'s against the Browns.