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Usually, pro comparisons aren’t a big deal for NFL draft prospects. While a fun way to illustrate how a prospect might look mechanically or otherwise, they’re ultimately a guessing game.
And yet…nobody compares a quarterback prospect to Tom Brady.
Until now apparently, as probable Cincinnati Bengals No. 1 pick Joe Burrow has earned a Brady comparison from NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, who told Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer the following:
“Yeah, and I’m already prepared for the backlash on Twitter, because I know it’s coming. Because at the combine when they ask me for my comparison, how does this sound—you say somebody’s a more athletic version of the greatest football player of all-time. Look, Kevin Faulk is there at LSU, he played with Brady, he’s been around Joe Burrow, he’s told every scout that comes through there, this guy is just like Tom.
“Mechanically, he’s just like Tom. He functions in an offense where we just talked about getting guys in the route, good decisions, accuracy, all that stuff, very similar to Tom. He looks just like him.”
Jeremiah also did a deep dive on Burrow’s film here:
Evaluating @Joe_Burrow10
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— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) February 28, 2020
(Be sure to look at the Burrow-Brady mechanical comparison at about 1:30)
Bengals fans don’t really need any convincing that Burrow is the pick at this point. The historic season, the impressive interviews and more just make it clear the Ohio kid is the right pick.
Adding a Brady comparison to the mix — of all things — is a boon, though. That just doesn’t happen. Along similar lines, prospects like Burrow don’t just come around often, either.
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