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Joe Burrow has been compared to plenty of great quarterbacks. From Tom Brady to Kurt Warner and everyone in between. 

Bengals safety Ricardo Allen sees a lot of similarities between Burrow and Matt Ryan. 

Allen spent the first six years of his career in Atlanta. He got a first-hand look at Ryan on a daily basis. 

"When I’m watching his confidence when he has a lot of moving pieces going on because they do a lot of motioning and shifting like that and it seems like he’s able to get them in a good play in the best situation," Allen said. "You can tell sometimes he has a big tool box of plays to go where he notices a coverage early, he can check the play and get them into favorable matchups. He does that really well. The balls he throws sometimes to the middle of the field, he’s got a good rope on it. There aren’t too many quarterbacks that can lift the ball up and make it drop. Some of them just keep it on the same trajectory. He actually knows how to switch it up. The small things. Put it over the linebacker,

This article first appeared on FanNation All Bengals and was syndicated with permission.

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