Joe Burrow's MVP case growing with eye-popping numbers during Bengals' four-game win streak

Quarterback Joe Burrow has been posting video-game-like numbers during the Cincinnati Bengals' four-game winning streak, strengthening his case for NFL MVP. 

In a 34-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Burrow completed 24 of 29 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a TD and seven yards on three carries. 

"I wanted to come out and put on a show for everybody, and show what the excitement of the NFL can be," Burrow said postgame (h/t Russell Beltman of Bengals on SI). "And the NFL is really about the stars and players making big-time plays. And so you saw Ja'Marr Chase, you saw me, you saw Tee Higgins, you saw a lot of great players out there doing great things and hopefully people took notice." 

It'll make people notice. Some of those people will be MVP voters in awe of Burrow's ridiculous stats.  

Joe Burrow joins some notable QBs with his recent hot streak 

Burrow has logged 18 TDs (16 passing, two rushing) over his past four games and had at least four TDs in each of those contests. Per ESPN Insights, only four other QBs have done so over such a span: Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Dan Marino. Brees is the only one who never won an MVP.