Patrick Mahomes vs Joe Burrow: Has the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback found his match in Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals? | NFL News

Patrick Mahomes is used to this.

It seems like every Sunday the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback takes part in a game against a talented young player in the same position who wants to take his throne as the best player on the team.

This week is no exception, with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals the latest to try to take down Mahomes and the Chiefs.

In the AFC, the road to the Super Bowl goes through Kansas City. Arrowhead Stadium has hosted the last four conference championship games, and through 12 weeks of 2022, the Chiefs are currently 9-2 and ranked No. 1 — and Mahomes is favored to win his second MVP award in the league alone. his fifth season as a starter.

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One of the best picks for 2022 is Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes

Mahomes leads the league in both passing yards (3,585) and touchdowns (29), with Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills second – 3,406 yards and 25 TDs – after playing more games than his rivals. Burrow is third (3,160 yards, 23 TDs).

The success of the NFL as a nation feeds the quarterback sector, and with the league’s elite talent declining — Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson are all under .500 this season — the league is at its best. arms that contain the seeds of top talent for up-and-coming QBs.

A crop of QBs that Mahomes dominated throughout. In 28 games started (including the playoffs) against players age 27 and younger, Mahomes’ record is an impressive 21-7, with a winning record against every single player except one. Burrow.

Although the road to the Super Bowl did indeed go through Kansas City last season, it was Burrow’s Bengals who went to Los Angeles after a 21-3 first quarter lead to emerge victorious 27-24 in overtime – and that had to go. and a surprising 34-31 victory less than a month before the regular season.

Likewise, Cincinnati had a great run in the teams’ first meeting, trailing 21-7 midway through the second quarter, before Burrow and star receiver Ja’Marr Chase won the game with some incredible performances.

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Watch every catch made by Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase during his incredible 266-yard game against the Chiefs in Week 17 of 2021.

Burrow completed 30-of-39 passes, for 446 yards and four TDs, with three of those — including a 72-yarder and a 69-yarder — to rookie Chase, who returned an impressive 266 yards on 11 receptions.

The two have also combined in the victory of the AFC Championship, although it was unsuccessful – Burrow 250 yards and two TDs, Chase with six catches for 54 yards and one score – but it was enough to surprise Mahomes and prevent the Chiefs from reaching the third straight Super Bowl.

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Highlights of the AFC Championship game between the Bengals and Chiefs from last season

Ahead of their clash on Sunday, both Burrow and Mahomes have been receiving high praise.

Mahomes told reporters this week: “I have a lot of respect for Joe. He’s a great player, but it’s a competition. These are the guys who win in this league — the guys who compete.” Burrow, meanwhile, said of his fellow QB: “He’s the best [quarterback] right now. He has been playing very well all year. It’s fun to watch him play. There have not been many people like him who have come to this game. “

But despite the Mahomes-Burrow romance, there’s little time left in the latest meeting, which could prove crucial in the battle for position in the highly competitive AFC.

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Details of the Chiefs’ win over the Rams from Week 12 of the 2022 NFL season

The Kings are currently 9-2, having won five games, but the Bengals are not far behind at 7-4, having won five of their last six, and could throw themselves into the mix for home advantage. that first round in the playoffs with a win on Sunday.

“You have a lot of flowers thrown back and forth between Mahomes and Burrow,” Mike Florio said on NBC. Pro Football Talk (Sky Sports NFL, midweek, 6pm) this week.

“These two teams, in particular, are very careful about anything that can be used as a past document.

“But I think there is a little bit of animosity, especially from the Chiefs, losing to Bengal twice last year.

“Little is the Mahomes-Allen rivalry, the Chiefs are on his right when needed, the Bills have won the last two in the regular season, but until the Bills win the postseason, the Chiefs are still in it.

“The Bengals have quietly gotten a chance to go to the Chiefs. I think there’s a lot of commotion down there.”

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Former NFL running back Brian Baldinger hails Joe Burrow as “fearless” as the young Bengals quarterback continues to thrive in 2022.

Making the Chiefs and Bengals look even more interesting in their latest matchup on Sunday was the absence of their top tackles from the two meetings last season – for a variety of reasons. In Kansas City, Tyreek Hill was traded and played for the Miami Dolphins, while Cincinnati was sidelined with a hip injury last month.

The loss of Hill has hit Mahomes hard. In fact, if anything, it has seen the Chiefs’ offense become more unpredictable, with their elite QBs spreading the ball more efficiently and effectively to each of the talented receivers, including Travis Kelce. Mahomes has surpassed 300 yards passing in seven games this season, including six coming Sunday.

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Check out all of Travis Kelce’s game-high four TD catches for the Chiefs tight end against the Raiders earlier this season.

The Bengals, meanwhile, were heavily defeated by the Cleveland Browns 32-13 in their first game without Chase, but followed up with three wins over the Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans.

The loss to the Browns dropped Cincinnati to 4-4 on the season and there were murmurs of a ‘Super Bowl hangover’ following their heartbreaking loss to the Los Angeles Rams in last season’s title game.

That has been fixed with their recent wins, but tougher tests await than the Panthers (4-8) and Steelers (4-7).

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Details of the Bengals’ win over the Titans from Week 12 of the 2022 NFL season

A tough win over the Titans (7-4) last weekend provided further evidence of the team’s determination, and Burrow and the Bengals now benefit from the return of both Chase, and running back Joe Mixon, from injury this week. It is about to meet the Chiefs.

It’s time to stop sleeping on Cincinnati.

“Joe Burrow is getting it done, and he’s done it,” Florio said ahead of this week’s top QB game.

“We just forgot about him. We’re so caught up with Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, and everyone who feels the flavor of the month. “Burrow was the flavor of the month last time but we’re like move on.

“I think we have to start paying more attention to the Bengals – and we will if they win at home on Sunday.”

Watch Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow host Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs live on Sky Sports NFL as part of Sunday night’s games starting at 5pm; it will start at 9.25pm