Joe Burrow Ties Josh Allen as the NFL MVP Favorite

Can we talk MVP for a second? Okay, Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow went 24 of 29 yesterday in Madrid for 271 yards, four total touchdowns, 34-17 blowout of the Falcons, and Joe Burrow is now tied with Josh Allen at most books for the MVP favorite. At the moment, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Brock Purdy, Jordan Love, Trevor Lawrence. Now, I have a 22-1 ticket on Trevor Lawrence to win the MVP, so I am biased here on this as to where the Jags are, but Burrow is just the fifth player in the history of the league with at least four total touchdowns in four straight games, joining Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Dan Marino. There is a lot of love for the Bengals right now, and I can't hate on it. I mean, I think you have to look at the way the Bengals are playing and how they're playing is unbelievable. I mean, the receivers, this is the dream, right? When you have T Higgins and and Jamar Chase healthy and Joe Burrow healthy and the offensive line protecting Joe Burrow and giving him time to find his receivers down the field. I know it's only November, but if we see this in January, I think Joe Burrow and the Bengals are 100% part of the conversation about who comes out of the AFC. They're in a tough division. How real are the Steelers? That's a big question mark. We're going to find out. That defense looks for real. Jalen Warren is for real. Can Aaron Rodgers hold up? We'll see. But so far, so good with Mike McCarthy's return to the NFL in Pittsburgh. A very good start. The Ravens are done like we know, but the Browns, I mean, we'll see when Deshaun Watson comes back, but they went for the win yesterday against the Saints. They went for two. But Shador played pretty well. I mean, if I'm a team looking for a backup quarterback or a starting quarterback, I'm probably calling the Browns and being like, hey, would you consider moving Shador? So he played well. So I'm high on the Bengals. But it's Zach Taylor. I can't be high, too high on the Bengals because it's their quarterback by a guy who I can't stand being a head coach in the NFL. And then the defense is always a problem. Although they did try to address it. They added more players, Trey Henderson and company. They've tried to bring in, sorry, Dexter Lawrence. Sorry, no, Trey is gone with the Ravens. But Dexter Lawrence, they tried to change the defensive line and tried to make some adjustments. It hasn't totally worked, but the defense played pretty well. against Michael Penix and company yesterday against Bijan and company. So they're part of the conversation. I don't know. 13 to one on the Bengals to win the Super Bowl. I just look, Sam Darnold won a ring. You know, of all the improbable things to happen in the NFL, Sam Darnold being a Super Bowl champion is one of them. Zach Taylor being a Super Bowl champion would fall to me in that same category of what? Huh? Wait, what? Zach Taylor won a Super Bowl? Joe Burrow winning a Super Bowl, fine. But it's like he's doing it because, you know, in spite of his head coach, not because of his head coach. It could happen. Yes, I don't hate the play. I think there's better value on the board. There's better bets to make on the board. But I can see it. I mean, it's an offensive game with three of the best offensive players in the game. And if they are healthy, they're dangerous. Like just every week. dangerous and what I think Monday night next week is Steelers Bengals right for next week. Maybe I'm wrong about that. I thought that was next week for Monday night for because no it's oh no, it's Sunday night Pittsburgh Cincinnati is Sunday night football. I thought I thought it was a primetime game not Monday night Sunday night is Pittsburgh at Cincinnati next week. Hell of a game. There's some good games next week. I mean the Patriots play the Lions early in Germany in Munich Uh, Houston's at Cleveland next week, which is a good game. Jacksonville's at Tennessee, which could be kind of a trap spot for the Jags. Um, the, uh, 49ers play at Dallas. Pittsburgh plays at Cincinnati. So there's a couple of good, the Thursday and Monday games are garbage. Washington at New York is trash and the chargers at the Ravens is disgusting.