Joe Burrow.
Those two words, in my mind, explain—to a large degree—how the Bengals finally won a playoff game.
Don’t believe me?
Let’s look at some stats.
Burrow had one of the very best starts to a postseason in the last thirty years by completing at least 70% of his passes and posting a QB rating of over 100, one of only three quarterbacks to do so. He joined Drew Brees and Kurt Warner. Brees, of course, didn’t make the postseason until his fourth year and Warner was 28 years old when he made his playoff debut.