{"id":140073,"date":"2023-04-10T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=140073"},"modified":"2023-04-09T17:05:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T21:05:44","slug":"carson-palmer-patrick-mahomes-joe-burrow-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/10\/carson-palmer-patrick-mahomes-joe-burrow-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"What Carson Palmer Got Wrong In His Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer has strong opinions about current franchise icon Joe Burrow<\/a>, believing that he is the best in the game and even better than reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes<\/a>. While there is no denying that both quarterbacks are among the best in the league, this is a hard case to defend, especially when you consider the points Palmer was trying to make.<\/p>\n

Carson Palmer: Joe Burrow Is Better Than Patrick Mahomes<\/h2>\n

Speaking on The QB Room Podcast<\/em><\/a>, Palmer said that “I believe Joe [Burrow] is the best quarterback in the league. I know Patrick [Mahomes] is phenomenal, but I just think Joe’s more consistent. He’s more consistent. He’s more accountable to run the system and play that’s called and not feel like, ‘Well, he didn’t win last time and get open for me, so I’m gonna do it with my feet,’ and then before you know it, you’re sacked for a four-yard loss because you tried to make two or three guys miss.”<\/p>\n

To be fair to Palmer, there is a case to be made about play style here. There is no denying that Mahomes is a more theatrical player compared to Burrow, but Palmer seems to believe that Mahomes’ preference to make plays on his own ultimately hurts his offense and leads to more negative plays, and it’s hard to back up that point.<\/p>\n

According to Pro Football Reference, Joe Burrow was sacked on 41 of his 651 dropbacks, good for a 6.3% sack rate. Mahomes, meanwhile, only took 26 sacks on 667 dropbacks, leading to a dramatically lower sack rate of 3.9%. We know that sacks are largely a quarterback stat<\/a>, so we can blame the vast majority of this disparity on Burrow’s tendency to hold on to the ball and invite unnecessary pressure. Even though Mahomes can bail from clean pockets and make life a little more difficult than it needs to be, what he’s doing is clearly working better than Burrow.<\/p>\n

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FIFTY (!!) touchdown passes for Patrick Mahomes pic.twitter.com\/1A7hkthNgj<\/a><\/p>\n

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n