# Joe Burrow — what pundits predicted QB · LSU; Ohio State 72 checkable claims from 48 pundits. These are other people's predictions about what he will do — we grade the prediction, never the player. ## Measurables - Height: 6′3″ - Weight: 221 lb 2020 NFL Scouting Combine. Drills not listed were not performed. Combine results via [Pro-Football-Reference.com](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2020-combine.htm). ## What the room says - Median call across 4 pundits: 40 passing tds ## What pundits expect (56 unsettled) - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Zachary Pereles](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/zachary-pereles), for 2026, said Nov 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/11845a11-618d-4d9c-a2ba-4222cd3ab042 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [John Breech](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/john-breech), for 2026, said Nov 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/546d71cf-ff1e-48dd-b023-9c73b9e860f0 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jordan Dajani](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jordan-dajani), for 2026, said Nov 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e2531f3a-2140-40ac-9831-5ff8224e090f - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Bradley Locker](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/bradley-locker), for 2026, said Nov 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8ce282ba-38cf-40eb-8783-7848075620ec - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Eva Geitheim](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/eva-geitheim), for 2026, said Nov 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a343b8b7-06a1-4453-aad1-d880d71a7b11 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jordan Dajani](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jordan-dajani), for 2026, said Nov 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3cf5c7f7-905d-4de9-ba67-9ff97a7f6a34 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Russell Heltman, for 2026, said Nov 10, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to move — “wouldn't be traded” — [Mike Florio](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-florio), for 2026, said Nov 10, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c04b1bdc-b01f-4531-9aa2-c3b7669a9562 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Gordon McGuinness, for 2026, said Nov 10, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Evan Tarracciano](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/evan-tarracciano), for 2026, said Nov 10, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1045f566-e30c-462c-9656-74b305811aa1 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Pete Prisco](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/pete-prisco), for 2026, said Nov 10, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/01780d58-a50d-4e18-9fdf-f9e09e7f17eb - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Dan Beyer](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/dan-beyer), for 2026, said Nov 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/bcc481a5-7e0e-496f-b7f5-780f82474801 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Kerry Rhodes, for 2026, said Nov 9, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Monse Bolaños](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/monse-bolan-os), for 2026, said Nov 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1e5401d6-cc83-46b8-8aa3-118a6f2f356a - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Zachary Pereles](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/zachary-pereles), for 2026, said Nov 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/462b42e2-4ae6-461d-bae9-972c6cec7426 - Joe Burrow to win NFL MVP — [Jordan Dajani](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jordan-dajani), for 2026, said Nov 6, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4b3c75e1-6367-4e3f-bf61-7e8d3c398b2b - Joe Burrow to finish top 2 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Nov 4, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to stay put — [Bryan DeArdo](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/bryan-deardo), for 2026, said Nov 3, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d5a93acb-5dfd-4012-b137-e22af3b1d163 - Joe Burrow to win NFL MVP — [Jason Fitz](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jason-fitz), for 2026, said Nov 1, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b0053c55-e7b4-4cd5-b7ff-0f4f75a6eeda - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by an unstated measure — Gordon McGuinness, for 2026, said Oct 29, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to finish top 3 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Oct 28, 2026; not settled yet - “He's gonna play, but how close to a 100% is he gonna be? ... he didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday ... going into Sunday (Week 2)” — [Ian Rapoport](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/ian-rapoport), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a550af05-c6e9-4331-aa0b-2ce81a27997b - “He was limited in midweek practice and doesn't appear at risk of missing any time. (Week 2)” — [Michael Moore](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/michael-moore), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e0ff2e86-f342-4df0-8130-a16b054ebfc9 - “Now they're going down to Houston. Joe Burrow's got a, you know, a little bit of a back issue, but I I fully anticipate him playing.” — [Tom Pelissero](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/tom-pelissero), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4dcf7221-b3f6-4ec8-89da-8fd8e36e520f - “It's reasonable to think he'll be "limited" on the Bengals' official injury report.” — [Jay Morrison](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jay-morrison), for 2026, said Sep 16, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b50fa565-3c0d-4446-b4f9-ad67e2af055e - “If Burrow can't play on Sunday, then the Bengals would turn the offense over to Joe Flacco, but it doesn't sound like that's going to happen.” — [John Breech](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/john-breech), for 2026, said Sep 16, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b610f2c0-c495-4b9f-a827-438307f3afcb - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Steve Hartman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/steve-hartman), for 2026, said Sep 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/419294f8-3232-424c-8913-448c91b6a31f - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Eric Mangini](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/eric-mangini), for 2026, said Sep 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e5bc3ec1-bf97-4273-a223-f5661d0cca8a - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Kurt Warner](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/kurt-warner), for 2026, said Sep 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/845135ed-464c-44f3-9fbc-1d71db830d43 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Kurt Warner](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/kurt-warner), for 2026, said Sep 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/98b06bbf-203e-4be6-9782-105a1952dbc4 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jordan Dajani](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jordan-dajani), for 2026, said Sep 9, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0890f7a9-30aa-4c95-9f19-652cae1be881 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Zachary Pereles](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/zachary-pereles), for 2026, said Sep 8, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7a102b09-2330-488b-af35-1c3096a6695d - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards — Richard Janvrin, for 2026, said Sep 7, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Chris Brockman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/chris-brockman), for 2026, said Sep 3, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0fca8499-68d0-4ce8-b1f3-b98fcf10a1cb - Joe Burrow to fall short of his draft cost (ADP 53 | QB4) — Wolf Trelles-Heard, for 2026, said Sep 2, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jason McIntyre](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jason-mcintyre), for 2026, said Sep 1, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7b33b448-da81-4b34-9c3e-71da132c31b3 - Joe Burrow to be 1st on the depth chart — [Andy Furman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andy-furman), for 2026, said Aug 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f48e54b4-8ed0-43a2-a826-ec232507f85e - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jason McIntyre](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jason-mcintyre), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f7120725-4631-480d-8174-6b086b37a177 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Jason McIntyre](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jason-mcintyre), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/14dea799-eb54-49de-b3c4-9330cc76b565 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Ty Butler, for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to move — “exile” — [Douglas Clawson](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/douglas-clawson), for 2026, said Aug 20, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6ebd94bc-8a93-4165-95d4-8b3e997e362e - Joe Burrow to record 33 passing tds — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to finish top 6 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Sam Panayotovich, for 2026, said Aug 18, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to record 4,500 passing yards — Sam Panayotovich, for 2026, said Aug 18, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to record 40 passing tds — Sam Panayotovich, for 2026, said Aug 18, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to finish top 2 at his position, by passing yards — Jeff Blake, for 2026, said Aug 17, 2026; not settled yet - Joe Burrow to be 1st on the depth chart — [Jay Morrison](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jay-morrison), for 2026, said Aug 14, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f0a72a3d-7feb-4331-bc2c-8f92d529d752 - Joe Burrow to win NFL Comeback Player of the Year — [Mike Fanelli](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-fanelli), for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2c6f6ca7-2193-4aef-8a62-e4a7f535b80a - Joe Burrow to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards — [Nick Wright](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/nick-wright), for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7d421403-7900-4341-9916-fee8f128bb11 - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing tds — [Rich Hribar](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-hribar), for 2026, said Jul 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/387435ce-dc86-441c-af45-51cfa2163fe3 - Joe Burrow to finish top 4 at his position, by passing yards — [JP Acosta](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jp-acosta), for 2026, said Jun 10, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2d5a8a35-185a-4757-9edc-1a9ac823ada3 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Mike Renner](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-renner), for 2026, said May 20, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2db1adf7-4f4f-48d8-ac6e-c073132d5a87 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Brandon Carney](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/brandon-carney), for 2026, said May 5, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c4d477da-4fb8-4a25-a904-c5057a249a70 - Joe Burrow to win top five in MVP voting — [Rich Eisen](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen), for 2026, said May 4, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/726e4b7b-4197-4d75-9654-f8030ad18e5d - Joe Burrow to win MVP voting top five — [Rich Eisen](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen), for 2024, said Jan 6, 2025; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c9ff4c50-9131-42b8-b98f-b012694250d0 ## Settled (16) - Joe Burrow to win Super Bowl MVP — Axel Ingram (AI Bot), for 2025, said Sep 4, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards — [Andy Furman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andy-furman), for 2025, said Feb 22, 2026; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9c2ba4c9-2551-412e-ab49-d0f7a258a161 - Joe Burrow to be 1st on the depth chart — [Rich Eisen](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen), for 2025, said Nov 21, 2025; scored 91.67 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 91.67) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d7b170ab-fe27-4fe3-8c47-116548754dd1 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Chris Brockman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/chris-brockman), for 2024, said Dec 30, 2024; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d0066710-bef2-4ad6-ba0f-12a0f699e6a0 - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Richard Sherman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/richard-sherman), for 2025, said Sep 4, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ec43b02b-8e3a-4b2e-8c36-1839c9c52e3c - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards — Axel Ingram (AI Bot), for 2025, said Sep 3, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) - Joe Burrow to win MVP — Axel Ingram (AI Bot), for 2025, said Sep 3, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) - Joe Burrow to win MVP — [Nick Wesseling](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/nick-wesseling), for 2025, said Aug 27, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/68091c4c-d51a-4bf9-bb58-fd5607f86875 - Joe Burrow to record 50 passing tds — [Cynthia Frelund](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/cynthia-frelund), for 2025, said Jul 22, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 20.05) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/af613096-7d01-49a2-99e4-de54d6f73979 - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing tds — [Cynthia Frelund](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/cynthia-frelund), for 2025, said Jul 22, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/af613096-7d01-49a2-99e4-de54d6f73979 - Joe Burrow to win Comeback Player of the Year — [Gregg Rosenthal](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/gregg-rosenthal), for 2024, said Feb 3, 2025; scored 100 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c761568e-6a9c-4989-b84c-98b3a26dc17e - Joe Burrow to record 45 passing tds — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2025, said Jan 17, 2026; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 20.05) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/abd0628c-1338-467b-9ac3-d89c922468eb - Joe Burrow to win Comeback Player of the Year — [Nick Wright](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/nick-wright), for 2025, said Sep 16, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/564a0496-e816-43f8-9fe2-171d3cbc8726 - Joe Burrow to win Offensive Player of the Year — [Wade Phillips](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/wade-phillips), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9bd36a49-1aec-4b4b-9526-48cc466d792c - Joe Burrow to win Most Valuable Player — [Mike Zimmer](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-zimmer), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7551402c-543f-4b4c-9aff-f641b0c678b5 - Joe Burrow to finish top 1 at his position, by passing tds — [Ryan Reynolds](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/ryan-reynolds), for 2023, said Sep 5, 2023; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/20d4982c-14f1-4af1-875f-61e96d1c4a05 --- Page: https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/joe-burrow Method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology