Joe Burrow is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. In 2021, the third-year signal-caller led a downtrodden Bengals franchise from worst to first in the AFC North and its third Super Bowl appearance. Cincinnati came within a few seconds of winning the title.Burrow has garnered praise for his ability to read defenses, his accuracy and his pocket presence.Yet, there's one aspect of his game that has caused i sues for himself and the Bengals: how he starts games. Burrow has struggled to get going early. This season, he has thrown a scoring pa s on the first drive in two games: a pick-six to Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick in Week 1 and a touchdown pa s to Samaje Perine against the Jets in Week 3.The Sporting News looks at the numbers behind Burrow's slow starts in his career.In the first three weeks of the 2022 season, the Bengals' opening drives have ended in a pick-six, a field goal and a touchdown. That is still a major improvement over how most of the first drives under Burrow have gone.Since Burrow's debut in 2020, the Bengals have scored two touchdowns and kicked three field goals (23 total points) in 29 opening drives. That is an average of 0.79 points per drive. There have been six turnovers three interceptions and three fumbles.Adding the team's second drives doesn't improve the numbers much. The Bengals average just 1.53 points per drive on their first two drives, with 11 field goals and eight touchdowns (89 points total) to go with two mi sed field goal attempts, six interceptions and four fumbles lost.While not all of that is on Burrow, the numbers aren't Sandy Koufax Jersey great. , Burrow prior to Week 3 had averaged 6.4 yards per attempt, with one touchdown pa s and six interceptions, on his first and second drives."I dont know the answer to that," Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan told Morrison regarding Burrow's early starts. "As good as he is at seeing the David Freese Jersey defenses and structures presented to him, something about early in the game that takes him a drive or two. I dont really have an explanation for it.", the Bengals rank 31st in yards per play on their first two drives (4.46) since the start of the 2020 season. The only team with a lower average is the Steelers at 3.89.And Burrow's struggles go beyond just the first two drives. First quarters, in general, have not been kind to him. Among 32 quarterbacks who have attempted at least 100 pa ses since 2020, Burrow's 83.8 first-quarter pa ser rating ranks 27th, .Here's how he ranks in other key categories in the first quarter:StatTotalRank (of 32)Pa sing TDs6T-19Pa sing yards1,80013Interceptions732Leading the league in first-quarter interceptions is not a distinction Burrow would like to hold. Six of those seven interceptions have come on the first two drives of games.The Bengals have often been quick to bounce back, particularly since the start of the 2021 season. , only the Bills have scored more second-half touchdowns than Cincinnati (37-33). Morrison reported that since 2021, they average the fifth-most points per drive (2.45) from the third drive through the rest of the game.These are trends the Bengals are hoping to change starting in Week 4, They will be facing the best offense they have seen yet in 2022 the Dolphins on "Thursday Night Football" so it will be imperative that they avoid falling behind early. Then again, with the way they play late in games, the Bengals can never be counted out.