CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow took another beating against the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs on Saturday. However…
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow took another beating against the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs on Saturday. However, he still managed to push and will the Cincinnati Bengals to within one game of the Super Bowl. Now Burrow is faced with the task of outdueling Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes for the second time in a month as the two teams meet again, this time in Kansas City with the AFC championship on the line. Burrow — along with a ball-hawking defense and rookie kicker Evan McPherson — found a way to pull out a 19-16 win over Tennessee on Saturday to advance to the AFC title game for the first time since the 1988 season. The Bengals won despite Burrow being sacked nine times. Burrow is the third quarterback to be sacked nine times in a playoff game. The others are Warren Moon in Houston’s 28-20 loss to Kansas City on Jan.16,1994, and the Chiefs’ Len Dawson in a 31-7 win against the Bills in the AFL title game on Jan.1,1967. Burrow and Dawson are the only two quarterbacks to win the game. Also, the 49ers had nine sacks against the Bears on Jan.6,1985, and the Browns had nine against the Jets on Jan.3,1987. However both of those games had multiple players take sacks for the losing team. Burrow, the most-sacked quarterback in the NFL, is used to the bumps and bruises. But he got a clean pocket and made a huge play when it counted the most. With the game tied and 20 seconds left, Burrow hooked up with rookie Ja’Marr Chase out at the right sideline for 19 yards.
