American Football
Joe Burrow leads Bengals to the Super Bowl – and responds with humor when asked about his diamond necklace
Joe Burrow, Quarterback der Cincinnati Bengals
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When the Cincinnati Bengals last played in the NFL’s Super Bowl, quarterback Joe Burrow was far from born. Now the 25-year-old and his team are surprisingly making it into the final. It shouldn’t fail because of the playmaker’s self-confidence.
Some smile at his openness, others accuse him of arrogance. In any case, Joe Burrow, playmaker and quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, is currently polarizing like no other football star in the NFL. Because even after the phenomenal surprise win of his Bengals against the big favorites the Kansas City Chiefs, the 25-year-old Borrow provided a topic of conversation.
In an interview after the game, a journalist asked him about his pompous necklace. She wanted to know if the sparkling diamonds on the pendant with the initials “JB” and the jersey number 9 were real. “I make too much money to have fake ones, so they’re real,” Burrow clarifies, laughing.
That would also be clarified. He didn’t just get applause for it on social media. Given the fact that Burrow previously played a key role in the Bengals’ first Super Bowl entry in 33 years, that shouldn’t bother him much.
Kansas City Chiefs miss third straight Super Bowl appearance
At Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday (local time) in overtime, the Bengals beat the favored Chiefs 27-24, despite being 3-21 down in the second quarter and the Chiefs having possession early in the extra 15 minutes .
The Chiefs had previously saved themselves with a field goal when the clock was running out and then afforded an interception there. Kicker Evan McPherson’s field goal made the Bengals victory perfect.
The Chiefs around quarterback star Patrick Mahomes missed their third Super Bowl participation in a row due to the defeat. Bengals quarterback Burrow, who is only playing his second NFL season, kept his nerve as he did on the penultimate day of the main round and again led his team to a win against Kansas City after going behind.
Numbers aren’t everything
“If you lose the coin toss against these guys, you usually go home,” quarterback Burrow told CBS. “I’m just a bit speechless right now.”
But Burrow not only prevailed against all common statistics at the coin toss. Because the 25-year-old took more beatings in the regular season than all other NFL quarterbacks – Burrow went down 51 times before passing a pass. The core task of an offense, the attacking team, is actually to protect their own quarterback from attacking opponents; If they don’t succeed, it’s called a sack in football – and actually no team was worse than the Cincinnati Bengals. The fact that the franchise still made it into the league finals borders on a sporting miracle. Fans love Burrow for his tireless tucking in and getting back up – swank or not.
On February 14th (German time) the Bengals meet the Rams from Los Angeles in the 56th Super Bowl. It remains to be seen how often Burrow will have to pull himself together again this time.
sources: “Sports picture”; “Mirror”; dpa
