One can only wonder how many championships the Bengals would have won if Anderson’s Hall of Fame passing production in the pioneering “West Coast” offense were paired with a defense that consistently ranked among the stingiest in football. Ironically, it was Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, and that budding dynastic defense that denied 1981 league MVP Anderson his lone shot at a championship ring, in Super Bowl XVI. Anderson was largely impressive: he completed 25 of 34 passes for 300 yards, 2 TD (but with 2 critical INT) and a 95.2 passer rating, while adding another touchdown with a 5-yard run. It was one of the best performances by any quarterback that year against one of the league’s best defenses. The 1981 49ers finished No. 2 in scoring defense (15.6 PPG) and No. 4 in Defensive Passer Rating (60.2). Anderson was handicapped by a unit that finished No. 12 in scoring defense (19.0 PPG) and No. 20 in Defensive Passer Rating (78.9). Montana, meanwhile, is fittingly remembered as the best of all Super Bowl quarterbacks. But he was merely ordinary in that first of his four Super Bowl wins. Montana completed 14 of 22 passes for 157 yards 1 TD and (most importantly) 0 INT against the vulnerable Cincy defense. The game hinged not on Montana’s greatness that day, but on the greatest goal-line stand in Super Bowl history – one produced by the dynastic San Francisco defense. The Bengals failed to score late in the third quarter, despite enjoying a first-and-goal situation at the San Francisco 3 yard line. NFL Films has done a number of great segments on San Francisco’s goal line stand, and even today, many who own vintage Cincinnati Bengals Salute to Service 2025 Special Hoodie find that footage difficult to watch. The 49ers went into halftime with a 20-0 lead. They held off a furious second-half comeback, thanks largely to that goal-line stand, to earn a 26-21 victory. Sadly for Anderson, Cincy’s Super Bowl loss came on the heels of what was probably the quarterback’s signature game: a 27-7 win over the Chargers in the AFC title game, the famous “Freezer Bowl.” Anderson dramatically outplayed Hall of Famer Fouts that day – in the coldest game in NFL history, at -37 degrees with the wind chill. (The famed Ice Bowl in Green Bay had a colder air temperature, but not wind chill.) Anderson’s lengthy Hall of Fame resume. So, yes: Anderson never won a Super Bowl. He’d be a certain Hall of Famer if he had. Regardless, he remains one of the most statistically prolific passers of all time, producing MVP- and Hall of Fame-caliber stats year after year. He was a pioneer of modern offensive football. He won at an organization that has consistently failed to win without him. He won without great defenses. He consistently outplayed the league’s Most Valuable Players. He came within one or two plays of nipping the 49ers dynasty in the bud. One only wonders how many games, MVP honors, and Super Bowls Anderson would have won if he had only been paired year after year with one of the game’s best defenses. We’ll never know. But we do know this: Anderson’s resume and his Hall of Fame credentials surpass those of many of the quarterbacks already enshrined in Canton. There should be room for Ken Anderson alongside them.” I agree with him.

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Anderson boasts statistical achievements that stand the test of time and, more importantly, stack up quite forcefully against those of almost every single Hall of Fame quarterback. Anderson had a large but largely unappreciated role in the evolution of the modern passing game, the quarterbacking canvas upon which the so-called “West Coast Offense” was first painted in Cincinnati by men in Cincinnati Bengals Salute to Service 2025 Special Hoodie like Paul Brown and Bill Walsh in their pastels of pigskin.

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Yes, resoundingly. There are not 3 QB’s better than him in the NFL today. The only one I can put in front of him without much question is Mahomes. And that’s mostly because Mahomes is more completely established as the best in the league. Burrow missing a portion of his rookie year keeps him maybe a half step back. But making it to the Super Bowl in his first full season with THAT offensive line is pretty heady. And then to run it back this year to the AFC Championship, again with THAT line…. that’s strong. Burrow is a beast. EDITED: I’ll put it in this way… there are only 3 QBs in the NFL at this very moment that I would say are immovable – only 3 that if someone said I’ll give you another QB over this one, you’d say absolutely not. Mahomes is the best in the game, and working on becoming the best ever. Controversially, Jalen Hurts is an enigma. Impossible to defend, a true winner, highly intelligent and coachable, a wealth of skills. I’ll need to see it one more season before I’m fully stating this one, but he’s likely to be this guy. And Burrow. If someone walked up and said I’ll give you Mahomes over Burrow, you may say no, you may say yes. But he’s the ONLY one you’d give up Cincinnati Bengals Salute to Service 2025 Special Hoodie and your franchise for if that’s the case. If you had Aaron Rodgers and someone said I’ll give you Burrow, you’re likely to take Burrow because there is more future and upside. And you’d take Burrow over basically any other QB not named Mahomes.

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