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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy
I don't see how you can't say the guy isn't elite. I mean who would you put above him other than Mahomes?
He didn't have the best game last Sunday but the Bengals still barely lost and he was playing with a shit offensive line.
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It’s easy. He hasn’t performed in the post season, especially when it matters most. This keeps getting ignored but when discussing elite, for me, to meet that you elevate the team and do everything reasonably possible to get wins in the post season which is a huge factor (among others), otherwise you are a SB winner getting dragged to championships like early Brady, Dilfer, etc. but not elite, or you are a regular season stat builder who fails in crunch time in the playoffs, not elite. Heck if you consistently play only average in the playoffs but have some hardware to point to along with sustained huge regular season I can say that guy is elite as well.
So far Burrow has good to great regular seasons but average at best post seasons and even worst 4th quarters in the playoffs. With such a brief career thus far and lacking big post season moments or hardware he just hasn’t earned elite yet.
Being a top regular season QB in a given small period is not the same as being elite. Any number of guys can be a top QB in given year or brief period and have a good post season run. Elite takes some combination of more time with regular season numbers, post season success for team, QB performance, and hardware.