Bengals: Ken Anderson likes what he sees from recent Joe Burrow practice
When you're as accurate of a quarterback as Joe Burrow is, it comes down to the smallest of details. Timing, velocity, and placement all factor into a third-and-10 pass from converting instead of falling short. Accuracy will always have value at the quarterback position, and while Burrow may already be the most precise passer in Cincinnati […]
When you're as accurate of a quarterback as Joe Burrow is, it comes down to the smallest of details. Timing, velocity, and placement all factor into a third-and-10 pass from converting instead of falling short.
Accuracy will always have value at the quarterback position, and while Burrow may already be the most precise passer in Cincinnati Bengals history, the bar he had to clear was set incredibly high by Ken Anderson.
Five of the best single season completion percentages from 1974-1984 belong to Anderson, an inaugural Bengals Ring of Honor class member, and yearly Pro Football Hall of Fame hopeful. Fifty years after his career took off, the former MVP continues to be impressed by the Bengals' current franchise QB.
Anderson was in town this week to take in Bengals OTAs, and noted how Burrow did everything but limit himself in practice.
"You can't say it's one thing. It's the whole package," Anderson told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. "He's working on every little detail of playing his position and taking it into practice. You see him work on all types of throws today, whether it's out of pocket simulating different things, throwing side-arm, throwing to his left, or getting his feet set. He's working on all the little details."
May and June practices are mainly about getting back into the swing of things, but it's also a window to get extra work done in more specific areas. In Anderson's experienced eyes, the 26-year old gunslinger is leaving nothing off the table.
One of Burrow's many strengths is his ad-libbing; the ability to keep broken plays alive in the middle of utter chaos. Throwing off platform, or just being able to quickly reset your feet, are significant requirements for creating those positive plays out of nothing.
It may look like backyard football at times, but Burrow prepares for anything knowing he'll face just about anything.
Anderson and everyone else associated with the Bengals can just be happy Burrow is on track for a normal offseason, which he's yet to have since being drafted three years ago. Fingers crossed he'll get every chance possible to get those sidearm tosses off.
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