For a long time, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were the top quarterbacks in the NFL and their regular duels on the field were some of the most highly anticipated and hotly-contested games in the league. But with Manning retired and Brady nearing retirement, one NFL veteran thinks a new quarterback rivalry has taken over the NFL: Joe Burrow vs. Patrick Mahomes.
Ahead of Sunday’s matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs, Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd revealed that he sees this weekend’s matchup between Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes as a new version of the iconic Manning and Brady rivalry.
“It’s going back to that quarterback fight. I look at it like Manning and Brady,” Boyd said, according to the Cincinnati Bengals official team website. “You can’t stop them. It comes down to whoever excels and takes advantage of their opportunities in drives and scores points. These are the types of games that we have to take care of the football and not turn it over.”
So far, the two quarterbacks have met twice, and Burrow and the Bengals have gotten the better of Mahomes and the Chiefs in both matchups, beating Kansas City 34-31 during last year’s regular season and 27-24 in the playoffs to advance to the Super Bowl.
