Quarterback rivalries have always been one of the best ways to generate genuine hype for any matchup – particularly in the playoffs.
From Peyton Manning/Tom Brady, to John Elway/Dan Marino, Brett Favre/Steve Young, the history of the NFL has been littered with top end QBs facing off against each other year on year, eventually developing a pseudo animosity towards each other.
More recently, current top-tier signal callers, Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes traded blows in consecutive AFC Championship games in 2021 and 2022, before an injury to Burrow followed by complete defensive ineptitude kept the Bengals out of the postseason for the past two years.
This was best encapsulated by the “Burrowhead” comments made by slot corner, Mike Hilton, subsequently amplified by the Mayor of Cincinnati, Aftab Pureval – all of which ended up being counterproductive as the Chiefs got their revenge on the Bengals, winning 23-20.
With reasonable quiet having been maintained between passers over the past couple years, with many of them spending time together in the offseason, it’s about time that we hear some fighting words between QBs.
