Joe Burrow has his wide receiver duo of Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins locked up for the foreseeable future. Now, the next phase for these three players will be to play a significant role in getting the Cincinnati Bengals to another Super Bowl.
Burrow must lead Cincinnati through a challenging AFC with several other quarterbacks looking to knock off Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to get to a Super Bowl. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson have yet to do what Burrow has done and get past Mahomes.
On Tuesday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon appeared on "Up & Adams," and he was asked which of Allen, Burrow, and Jackson will get by Mahomes this season and win their first ring.
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"I think Lamar," Moon told Adams. "They just keep building that roster. And you look at their secondary — it's probably one of the best secondaries in the league right now. They're just very physical all the time. They still have Derrick Henry back there, a legitimate — I mean, what do you have, 1,900 yards last year — so he hasn't fallen off. All his receivers are back. So that's the team that's right there ready to go."
"And Josh Allen — they'll be right there, too. But I think it depends on who plays who in the playoffs, because if you have to go through, say, playing both Kansas City and Baltimore, if you're Buffalo — and the same thing if you're the Ravens, you got to play both of those — but to get to the Super Bowl, it's going to be a little bit tougher. But if you only have to play one of them, that'd be great."
Who has the best shot at their first ring in 2025: Burrow, Lamar or Allen? 🏆
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) July 22, 2025
HOFer Warren Moon has the answer…@heykayadams | @WMoon1 pic.twitter.com/ebMwSWnFXB
Like the Bills, the Ravens have been knocking on the door to reach the Super Bowl, but have fallen short. Last season, Baltimore lost to the Bills in a tightly contested 27-25 victory for Buffalo, so if it's not Mahomes, these top quarterbacks in the AFC are knocking each other out.
As for the Bengals, they'll put up points with their potent offense, but the key will be do they have a defense that can stop Allen, Jackson, and Mahomes enough times in a game to secure a win.