Josh Allen is in position to chase a piece of NFL history this season, and the number he’s hunting belongs to Patrick Mahomes.
According to ESPN, the Buffalo Bills quarterback can move past Mahomes for the most combined passing and rushing yards by a quarterback through his first nine NFL seasons. ESPN said, “This would take Allen close to the end of the season, but it is well within reach,” and noted that Allen is 3,782 yards behind Mahomes’ 38,604 mark. Because Allen has not missed a start since his rookie year, and because he averages 590.1 rushing yards and 3,762.8 passing yards per season, ESPN wrote that he could get there with multiple games left.
Allen’s production last season only reinforced how high the bar is. He finished with 3,668 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns. Those numbers came in another strong year for one of the league’s most dynamic quarterbacks, even if the postseason ended the same frustrating way it has before for Buffalo.
The Bills fell to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round, and Buffalo still has not reached the Super Bowl in the Allen era. The team has made the AFC Championship Game twice with Allen at quarterback, but both times it ran into Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs and came up short.
Allen now enters the season with 30,102 passing yards, 220 passing touchdowns, 4,721 rushing yards and 79 career rushing touchdowns. ESPN also pointed out that breaking records has become routine for him, and with new No. 1 receiver D.J. Moore in the fold, Allen is set up to add to that list again.
Buffalo made a major move this offseason to give Allen another weapon, landing Moore from the Chicago Bears. Moore caught 50 passes for 682 yards and six touchdowns last season while appearing in all 17 games. Before Chicago, he played for the Carolina Panthers, and he now owns 608 receptions, 8,213 receiving yards and 41 receiving touchdowns in his NFL career.
The Bills will open the 2026 season against the Houston Texans, launching the Joe Brady era after Brady was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach when Sean McDermott was fired.
Allen said after Brady got the job, "Still respecting the past and what's been here the last 10 years and not shying away from that, but also having his own twist on it," Allen said after Brady was named HC. "It's been really good to see him embrace the role and step into it. The way that he talks to the guys, you can tell he's very well respected with everybody in that locker room, and it's only going to continue to grow in my opinion."
For Allen, the season brings another chance to build on a career that already looks Hall of Fame-worthy. The bigger question is whether Buffalo can finally break through and win the championship that has eluded it throughout his run.
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