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Joe Burrow Receives King-Size Congratulations From LeBron James After Beating Chiefs to Clinch AFC Championship

Published 01/31/2022, 3:33 AM EST

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Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs squared off in the AFC Championship on Sunday. Joe Burrow and his squad defeated the Chiefs to advance to Super Bowl LVI. This postseason has been filled with intriguing matches, and the AFC Championship game was no different.

The match went into overtime and yet again, the Chiefs won the coin toss and were in possession of the ball. Nevertheless, the outcome was different from the AFC Divisional Playoffs round. An interception by the Bengals netted their possession of the ball.

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Joe Burrow made some incredible plays and Vonn Bell’s final field goal sent the Chiefs packing (27- 24). Burrow led the match with 250 passing yards, two touchdowns, and one interception.

Joe Burrow’s game impresses LeBron James

Immediately following the Bengals victory over the Chiefs, the social media was abuzz with congratulations for both the Bengals and their young superstar, Joe Burrow. However, the post from King James was what stole the show on the internet.

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LeBron posted a picture of Joe Burrow and captioned it with a smoke and kings crown emoji. In the picture that Bron shared, Joe was smoking a cigar while dressed in LSU’s gear.

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The photo was taken after Burrow led the LSU Tigers to the National Championship after defeating Clemson in January 2020. The LSU quarterback threw six touchdowns (5 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown) and smoked a cigar to celebrate his triumph.

King James expressed his admiration for this young quarterback in the post. The photo exemplifies Joe’s character, reminiscent of his nickname The Tiger King“.

Apparently, Joe Burrow is a LeBron Fan

This week, a picture went viral of a 17-year-old Joe Burrow wearing LeBron’s Cleveland Cavaliers jersey. Joe is a massive LeBron James fan, as appeared by the selfie he took.

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Joe Burrow is a major LSU star, but he played for Ohio State for two years before transferring to LSU. This picture dates back to when Joe played for Ohio State and when Lebron played for the Cavs. The post went viral, and Bron would have surely come across the post as well.

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Henceforth, in the wake of his fellow Ohioan’s AFC Championship win, Lebron posted a message in awe of his success.

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Anubhav is an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently majoring in computer science at the University of Delhi, having also previously worked as a content editor for an NGO. Anubhav is a basketball enthusiast and a true Los Angeles Lakers fan.
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