Colin Cowherd has huge praise for Joe Burrow, not so much for the Bengals

Colin Cowherd loves Joe Burrow. He just doesn’t like the Cincinnati Bengals very much.

Speaking recently on The Herd, Cowherd says he’s blown away by Burrow, who he thought would be a Tony Romo lookalike.

Cowherd says he’s even better:

“I don’t want to be hyperbolic, but boy he’s got some Joe Montana. He’s just smooth and throws the ball so pretty and so accurate. He’s got such control. He can audible… Oh he’s so good. He’s so good.”

But…Cowherd also hit the Bengals as being a “cheap” organization with some of the usual talking points about an indoor practice facility and the like.

Problem is, while some of it is fair criticism, Bengals fans know all too well some of the reason for the major turnaround this year is the massive free-agent spending over the last two offseasons. The front office dropped a $42 million contract on Trae Waynes, $53 million on D.J. Reader and $60 million on Trey Hendrickson, to only name the big three.

The front office is spending now. A comparison to Jacksonville, a team that has been over .500 one time since 2007, is frankly laughable — and the Jaguars having a rich owner doesn’t mean much in a league with a salary cap, anyway.

There are plenty of reasons to still doubt Zac Taylor. But the front office has undergone a shift in philosophy, clearly. It’s not a matter of whether Burrow can survive the Bengals — it’s a question of how far can Burrow take them while he’s calling his own game-winning plays, commanding the locker room with speeches and joining the likes of Dan Marino and Peyton Manning in the history books.

Can Joe Burrow overcome the Bengals dysfunction?

“I thought he was going to be Tony Romo. He may be better… I watched last night and just hope they give him support.” — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/yBk48RSArG

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) October 1, 2021