Joe Burrow was a 5th round prospect AT BEST from LSU before his last year, Daniels: LSU, AT BEST 3rd round draft pick before his last year,
Burrow was a product of Justin Jefferson/Jamar Chase (WHAT!) and had a Running back (Edwards-Helaire) drafted in the first round!
Daniels is a product of Nabors and Thomas but has no first round running back, other than himself.
Burrow AND Daniels both listed 6'4" and 210 in college
Burrow turned 24 in December of his first NFL year
Daniels turns 24 in December in his first NFL year
In the final year they both completed over 70% of their passes and had a QB Rating over 200.
They BOTH had exactly a 10 to 1 TD to INT ratio in last year
They both spent 3 years at another school and 2 years at LSU.
The main difference is Daniels had over 1,000 yards rushing to Burrow over 300 and Daniels started as a True Freshman where Burrow sat.
I don't think you could find a comparison any closer than Daniels and Burrow!
Add to that Wiliams and Maye are higher rated prospects than Burrow was at the time so passing on prospects like that when QB is the absolute #1 most important position, and you need to have a top 15 QB or you can't win, seems like a bad decision.
Side Note, that 2019 LSU team and especially the offense was ridiculously stacked! They had 14 players drafted! They had 3 OL drafted along with all the top 4 skill position players going in the first round.
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