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Josh Allen and Joe Burrow pull off same eye-catching off-season feat

Over the last day, a video has emerged of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow hitting four huge home runs showing off his incredible athleticism.

Before a Cincinnati Reds game on Wednesday, Burrow had been hitting with the team as fans looked shocked to see him smash four homers at batting practice.

A clearly talented baseball player, it's not unusual to see quarterbacks thrive in baseball too, and that has been exactly the case with Josh Allen.

Just a few weeks ago, the Buffalo Bills quarterback had been with the Toronto Blue Jays and showed off his incredible power - also hitting four home runs.

Both Allen and Burrow played baseball in high school, before going on to focus on football as division one college quarterbacks, with Allen going to Wyoming and Burrow arguably the best season in college football history in 2019 with LSU.

The two quarterbacks are seen as competing for the second and third spots as the best at their position in the NFL, with not many debating who is number one.

Cur.rent Super Bowl champion and MVP winner, Patrick Mahomes, is widely regarded as the top player in the league after his incredible year - having two championships and two MVP's before the age of 28.

And like Allen and Burrow, he too as an incredibly gifted baseball player. Mahomes had been a star in high school at both quarterback and pitcher, and was even drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2014 MLB Draft, after his play at high school in Texas.

He would go on to choose football, becoming a three-year starter at Texas Tech - having an incredible final season while being coached by former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury.

His father, Pat Mahomes, had a 11-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), playing for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.

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