No matter how his career pans out, Joe Burrow will be able to lay claim to something that no one else in his draft class can. Burrow is the only rookie quarterback who will start Week 1.
Four quarterbacks were taken in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft: Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert and Jordan Love. Yet, Burrow is the lone Day 1 starter.
“It’s hard to speak for other teams. I don’t know what their rooms look like and how those guys performed. But Burrow has earned the starting spot for us,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said.