re: The comparisons between Mac Jones and Burrow

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Burrow > Jones is a rare moment where nearly everyone nationally agrees with LSU fans

I treasure it

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Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers shocked the college football landscape in 2019 when the young quarterback exploded with one of the most prominent breakouts in recent memory. Burrow skyrocketed up draft boards before being selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the No. 1 pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, while his passing game coordinator, Joe Brady, landed the Carolina Panthers‘ offensive coordinator job after making his name known as one of the bright young minds in the game.

Those two — and that entire LSU team — went from unknown to unstoppable.

The 2019 LSU Tigers ended up shattering almost every offensive record set in the PFF College era (2014-present). Burrow had the most valuable season of any college player in that span, according to PFF WAA, and he also produced the best single-season PFF grade by a quarterback with a mark of 94.9.

Burrow, in conjunction with star receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, helped the Tigers record a successful pass play rate (the percentage of passing plays that generated positive expected points added) of 58.8%, the highest rate we have ever seen; they won the 2019 National Championship over Trevor Lawrence and the Clemson Tigers by 17 points after smashing Oklahoma by five touchdowns in the College Football Playoff Semifinals.

The 2019 LSU Tigers were arguably the best team in the entire 150-year history of college football, and it didn’t seem likely that we would see another group like that one anytime soon. Then, in 2020, a season that appeared to be fatally marked by the threat of COVID-19 and all the uncertainty that befalls it, that all changed.

Mac Jones and the Alabama Crimson Tide defied the odds and put together an even more impressive season than the one we saw from Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers in 2019.

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