Awkward Moment for Josh Allen as He Gets Snubbed for Joe Burrow as Patrick Mahomes’ Main QB Rival: “I Look at It Like Brady and Manning”

Published 11/30/2022, 9:00 PM EST

Patrick Mahomes leads the MVP race this season after the stellar form his team is enjoying. The quarterback has now led his team to five back-to-back wins in the regular season. The last one came on MNF against reigning Super Bowl Champions, LA Rams. However, while Mahomes has taken the QB top spot in the league, there is a lot of debate for the number two position.

Based on the current season, many would think that Patrick Mahomes’ true competition in the quarterbacking position is Josh Allen. The Buffalo Bills are enjoying a decent 8-3 run to the playoffs, sitting at the second spot in the AFC East. However, Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd went with his QB, Joe Burrow.

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Pat Mahomes and Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow battled it out in last year’s AFC Conference Championship game. Burrow unexpectedly came out on top of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs and led the Bengals to the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl appearance. And before this year’s highly anticipated Week 13 Bengals and Chiefs matchup, Tyler Boyd put Patrick and Joe as this generation’s finest QB talents.

Burrow and the Bengals face Patrick Mahomes for the rematch

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The Cincinnati Bengals have now won three games in a row and QB Joe Burrow has done it without his main wide receiver, Ja’Marr Chase. The last one was an impressive 20-16 win over Derrick Henry and the mighty Tennessee Titans. However, the biggest challenge for Cincinnati lies ahead of them in their Week 13 encounter with Patrick Mahomes.

“It’s going back to that quarterback fight. I look at it like Manning and Brady. You can’t stop them,” Tyler Boyd said about Burrow and Mahomes. “These are the types of games that we have to take care of the football and not turn it over,” he added. Boyd and Tee Higgins have been filling the void of Ja’Marr Chase for the Bengals and look to carry this form into the Chiefs game.

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Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are extinguishing every doubt about the Chiefs without Tyreek Hill. The No 1 AFC seeded team and their quarterback are looking for their second Super Bowl title in four years. Mahomes threw for 329 yards and a touchdown in their last 26-10 win over Aaron Donald’s Rams. Can the 9-2 Chiefs avenge the AFC Championship loss against the Bengals on Sunday?

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Soumyapriyo Ganguly is an NFL writer at Essentially Sports. He holds a degree in Economics and Statistics from the Indian School of Business and Finance. Rivu is a sports nerd with his favorites being Soccer, American Football, Basketball, UFC, and Formula 1.

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Hitesh Nigam

Awkward Moment for Josh Allen as He Gets Snubbed for Joe Burrow as Patrick Mahomes’ Main QB Rival: “I Look at It Like Brady and Manning”

Burrow and the Bengals face Patrick Mahomes for the rematch

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