CINCINNATI — One day after being named the Pro Football Network Offensive Player of Week 8 award, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week.
Burrow completed 28 of 32 passes for 283 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-17 road upset against the San Francisco 49ers.
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After starting the game 2 of 4, Burrow completed his next 19 passes in the first half, leaving him one shy of Ken Anderson’s franchise record of 20 consecutive completions, which was set Jan. 3, 1983, at Houston, and six shy of Nick Foles’ and Philip Rivers’ NFL record of 25 straight completions.
Burrow also rushed six times for 43 yards, four shy of his career high.
It’s the sixth career AFC Player of the Week for Burrow and his first this year.
Burrow’s first pass of the second half was incomplete, but he went 7 of 8 the rest of the way to finish with a completion percentage of .875. It’s the highest single-game completion percentage in the league this year among quarterbacks with at least 30 attempts and the best mark since Patrick Mahomes went 36 of 41 (.878) against the Houston Texans in Week 15 last year.
The addition of more under-center plays helped spark Burrow and the Bengals offense. Excluding kneel downs, the Bengals had run eight plays from under center through the first six weeks. Sunday in San Francisco, they ran 13, which accounted for 58 yards.
Burrow threw out of the formation on the first three snaps, then Cincinnati ran the next 10 times. Burrow already is the most accurate passer in NFL history, and when the Bengals are able to marry the run game and the play-action element with his elite ball placement, the offense is hard to stop.
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It’s the second Offensive Player of the Week award for the Bengals this year. Ja’Marr Chase earned the honor after his Week 5 performance at Arizona, in which he set the franchise record with 15 receptions while racking up 192 yards and three touchdowns.
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