2020 NFL Draft: Why Joe Burrow is more than a one-hit wonder

Burrow’s successes continued

Even against the best defenses in the country like Alabama and Georgia had no answer for slowing Burrow and the LSU offense. Burrow threw for 4,715 yards, 48 touchdowns, and only six interceptions through 13 games in 2019. That’s an enormous increase in production on just 60 more passing attempts. LSU still ranked 28th in passing percentage in 2019, passing the ball only 53 percent of the time.

Instead of running the ball on first down every time, we saw more pass attempts on early downs using short to intermediate concepts over the middle. Not only did this allow Burrow to gain rhythm early, it helped the running attack as well. Creating shorter second and third downs made the LSU offense less predictable, allowing them more options on those downs forcing defenses to play both the run and pass.

Play-calling, moving receivers around to get favorable matchups, along with more play-action designs took this offense to a historical level. Once a program that was widely known for its defense is now one of the top offenses in the country as well. Ensminger and Brady not only put their playmakers in position to have success, but they built an offense around Burrow that took advantage of his best traits.