The Cincinnati Bengals and quarterback Joe Burrow made some history with Sunday’s win over the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs.
Per ESPN Stats & Info, Burrow is now one of just three starting quarterbacks to win five playoff games within his first three seasons. The other two on the list? Russell Wilson and Ben Roethlisberger.
And as Rich Eisen pointed out, the Bengals are the first team in league history to lose a Super Bowl, start 0-2 the next season and then sprint to the conference title game anyway.
It’s a fun proverbial feather in the cap of sorts for a red-hot Bengals team that hasn’t lost since October 31. It’ll also be pretty interesting to see what other sort of marks Burrow and Co. can set if they win two more games.
Joe Burrow joins Russell Wilson (6) and Ben Roethlisberger (5) as the only starting QBs to win 5 playoff games within their first 3 seasons.
He's also the 5th QB in the Super Bowl era to win each of his first 3 playoff road starts. pic.twitter.com/94rUBCEpbC
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 22, 2023
The Cincinnati @Bengals become the first team in NFL history to follow up losing a Super Bowl by starting 0-2 and still making it back to their conference championship game.
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) January 22, 2023
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