Joe Burrow's special gift gives him and Bengals chance in Super Bowl

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It was a random moment in the days leading up to the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship game when an LSU in-house reporter approached quarterback Joe Burrow, holding a photo of him at five or six years of age, and asked, "Does this look like a Heisman Trophy winner?"

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) scrambles in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs on Jan 30, 2022 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Burrow had just won the Heisman Trophy but looked more like Macaulay Culkin in the first Home Alone movie in that photo. Still, he didn’t miss a beat when the reporter showed the photo to the camera and pressed him with the question again.

"Looks like a national champion," Burrow said with a grin.

Burrow would soon lead LSU to the national championship.

So, welcome to the Joe Burrow experience. It’s been a thrill ride to Super Bowl LVI, thanks in no small part to Burrow’s great ability to play quarterback, his outstanding leadership, and his intelligence to learn from his mistakes and retain solutions to problems, even play to play.

But none of that is Joe Burrow’s super power. Not his good arm or his instincts or the threat to run.

The thing that several NFL scouts recently told OutKick they put prominently on their report when Burrow was coming out for the 2020 draft was one word: confidence.

 Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals drops back to pass in the second quarter against the Las Vegas Raiders during the AFC Wild Card