JoeBurrow

News: 2 days agoBurrow completed 27 of 40 passes for 347 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and added five carries for 20 yards in the Bengals' 30-27 loss to the Texans on Sunday. He also committed a fumble recovered by Cincinnati.

Spin: Burrow finished the afternoon with a perfectly acceptable fantasy stat line, but his pair of fourth-quarter interceptions were particularly detrimental despite neither directly leading to Texans points. His first pick came at Houston's 11-yard line, while the second transpired in the end zone and short-circuited what had been an encouraging seven-play, 78-yard drive. Burrow's highlights did include a picturesque 64-yard touchdown strike to Ja'Marr Chase, which was preceded by a 32-yard scoring toss to Trenton Irwin to cap off Cincinnati's opening possession. Burrow may not have Tee Higgins (hamstring) back for a critical Week 11 divisional road clash against the Ravens on Thursday night, but he'll head into the contest with two- and five-game streaks of 300-yard tallies and multi-touchdown efforts, respectively.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: Burrow's progression continued last season, as the 2020 No. 1 pick finished fourth among QBs in fantasy points and top-10 weeks (nine) while ranking no lower than fifth in pass attempts, completions, yards and TDs. Burrow's efficiency stats predictably came back to earth, but he offset it with more volume as both a passer and rusher. After totaling a 40-118-2 rushing line in 2021, Burrow finished no lower than eighth among QBs in carries (75), rush TDs (five) and carries inside the opponent's 5-yard line (seven) last season. The 26-year-old has emerged as one of the league's top quarterbacks and he'll again have the elite Ja'Marr Chase/Tee Higgins duo at his disposal. Burrow is a top-five fantasy QB.