Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is showering praise on the quarterback he’s going to face on Sunday, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow.
Spagnuolo said today that when he watches Burrow, he sees a younger version of the greatest of all time.
“I see a young Tom Brady,” Spagnuolo said.
Last week Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale downplayed the challenge of facing Burrow, saying, “I don’t think we’re ready to buy a gold jacket for Joe.” Burrow responded to that by throwing for 525 yards in a beatdown of Baltimore.
Spagnuolo may have decided that it’s unwise to provide Burrow with bulletin-board material, and so he’s going in the opposite direction.