Burrow plays his best after consistent reps throughout the season. Coming back from a surgery with very little play time will not be as successful as Browning, who will have played almost the whole season.

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  4. I mostly agree, but there is a scenario where the team earns a playoff spot and Joe would be a clear upgrade at QB. But there’s also a scenario in which JB6 plays so well that it’s a legit dilemma on who should start. Let’s see how it goes before declaring a starting QB for a hypothetical playoff game.

  6. While I understand this take, I don’t see the front office benching their $250m qb if he is healthy and ready to play.

    Also, we got 3 months minimum. Let’s see how browning does with this first stretch of Min, Den, Det, GB, Pit, NYJ, Chi. Need 3-4 wins over that stretch to remain competitive after the Bye. If he can do it, then we see how he does the next, much more difficult, stretch. Pit, NE, Bal, Buf, Bal will look a lot like what a playoff run will. If we can win 3 of those, then yeah man. Browning to the moon.

  8. Depends on when Burrow comes back. What if we are like 10-5. Let burrow play Two games then Playoffs? Yes probably. Week 18? Probably not.

  9. Kind of depends on the manner with which we get there and how ‘recovered’ Joe is. If we sneak into the playoffs kind of in spite of Browning (defense is a lot better then expected, we win a lot of fluky games etc) AND we’re sure Joe’s 100% healthy then I think we throw Joe out there and give it our best shot, especially if Joe’s truly fully recovered by the end of the three month timeframe and we can get him some live reps during the last couple regular season games.

    I think that, more then likely, this is probably just Browning’s season the rest of the way though, playoffs or not

  15. When burrow is healthy he is qb1. Browning knows he isn’t playing for a chance to be the bengals starter. He is in a contract year and wants to use this opportunity to prove to the world what he thinks he knows, that he is a top 32 qb and deserves a chance to be a team’s starter. Browning knows he’s not burrow, everyone knows he not burrow.

  16. I say this respectfully….Jake is okay but I wouldn’t even consider him good. He’s able to play and win. And that’s assuming our defense really picks up. He will need them to be on their game. And we’ve only played the Browns and Jags. He did okay with the Jags but each week will progressively get harder and harder for him. 

    But playoffs? Football is completely different in the playoffs. If Joe is ready and is able to play, I’d still want Joe and if he can play, he will play. And before anyone mentions how he starts the year, playoff Joe is a different kind of animal. But really, let’s take this week to week. 

  26. Terrible take. You play the player with the best chance to win. In every circumstance when burrow is healthy, that player is Joe burrow.

  27. I think we’re manufacturing a QB controversy before it actually exists. Browning was good in 2023 but we’ll see if he can keep it going this year (hopefully 🤞).

    I think everyone is in agreement Burrow is a better QB than Browning when healthy. He had an MVP quality season as recently as _last year_. We also pay the players accordingly. Not to mention how the coaching staff talks about Burrow. Or the free agents that were excited to play in Cincy because of Burrow. The coaches owe it to the team to start the roster they think gives the team the best chance to win the game. Which, unless Browning literally starts throwing 300+ yards and 2+ TDs a game, the better QB is obviously Burrow.

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