Bengals QB Joe Burrow can join elite list in Week 18

The Cincinnati Bengals are nonetheless within the playoff hunt getting into the ultimate week of the NFL season.

Quarterback Joe Burrow has been an enormous cause why the workforce continues to be in rivalry, however Sunday towards the Pittsburgh Steelers, he could make some particular person historical past.

Burrow presently has 4,641 passing yards and 42 touchdowns thrown up to now this season. If he will get a minimum of 359 yards and three passes to the top zone, he’ll be simply the fifth quarterback in league historical past to complete with 5,000 yards and 45 touchdowns.

Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Dan Marino (1984), the retired Drew Brees (2011) and Peyton Manning (2013) plus Patrick Mahomes (2018) are the one others on that illustrious listing, per NBC Sports activities.

Pittsburgh boasts the Eleventh-best protection within the league, but it ranks simply twenty third towards the go. So Burrow may very well have a legit shot at reaching the bold stat line.

The Bengals passer threw for 412 yards and three scores within the workforce’s Week 17 additional time victory over the Denver Broncos. He is additionally averaging 322.6 yards per sport in his final 5 contests and has thrown a minimum of three touchdowns within the final eight.

If Burrow does it once more towards Pittsburgh, he’ll be a part of Tom Brady as the one two passers in NFL historical past to have finished so in 9 consecutive video games.

An enormous efficiency by Burrow can be essential in trying to clinch Cincinnati the ultimate berth within the AFC aspect of the playoffs.

At the moment, within the ninth spot, the workforce wants a win plus losses by Denver and the Miami Dolphins on Sunday to succeed in seventh.