Boyd sees Brady-Manning in Joe-Patrick, Part III

For all those Bengals fans who never got a chance to see Peyton Manning or Tom Brady quarterback in Paycor Stadium, Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd says you get to see both Sunday (4:25 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Local 12) when NFL passing yards and touchdown leader Patrick Mahomes bring his Chiefs to town to reclaim his late season magic that Joe Burrow and his Bengals swiped in two thrilling encounters back in January.

“It’s going back to that quarterback fight. I look at it like Manning and Brady,” Boyd said Monday. “You can’t stop them. It comes down to whoever excels and takes advantage of their opportunities in drives and scores points. These are the types of games that we have to take care of the football and not turn it over.”

In the Jan. 2 game at Paycor, the Chiefs brought in an eight-game winning streak and it was Burrow who played like an MVP when he navigated the Bengals through three 14-point deficits with 446 yards and four touchdowns in a walk-off win that gave the Bengals the AFC North title. Four weeks later in the AFC title game in Kansas City, they traded roundhouses as Burrow brought them back from 21-3 down and engineered the winning drive in overtime set up by strong safety Vonn Bell picking off Mahomes.

Neither has missed a beat. Mahomes has the Chiefs on a five-game winning streak and leads the NFL with 29 touchdown passes, 3,585 passing yards and 326 passing yards per game.

While the Bengals have won five of the last six, Burrow is tied for second with Buffalo’s Josh Allen for 23 touchdown passes and is third with 3,160 passing yards in a season he tied Kurt Warner for third place in NFL history when he passed for 10,000 yards in his 36th game. Mahomes has the record for fastest to 10,000 in 34 games.

Boyd, a child of the first decade of the 21st century dominated by Brady and Manning, smiled when someone asked which one is Brady and which one is Manning.

“It’s Burrow and Mahomes. I wouldn’t compare them,” Boyd said. “Those are two guys with records…