Josh Allen is making another serious run at MVP, and the way he handled the Ravens only sharpened that case.
The Bills quarterback, who already took home the award in 2024, has piled up 1,793 passing yards, 11 passing touchdowns, 270 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns for Buffalo’s 6-1 start. He also still sits first in EPA per dropback at 0.25, and his pass EPA climbed to 60.1, which ranks fifth in the NFL, after Sunday’s win over Baltimore.
That win came in convincing fashion, a 36-10 Bills rout. Allen finished with 289 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and a rushing score, and the second half looked nothing like the first.
He was off early, missing several throws and even sailing a ball behind tight end Jackson Hawes that got tipped into an interception. Allen completed just 42.1% of his passes in the first half.
Then he flipped the switch.
Allen connected on 13 of 15 passes after halftime and picked apart Baltimore’s defense. On throws traveling at least 10 air yards Sunday, he went 6 of 10 for 157 yards and two touchdowns, according to Next Gen Stats. One of those completions was a season-long 43 air yards to DJ Moore in the third quarter.
That kind of response is why Allen is sitting at the top of the league conversation again. The four-time Pro Bowler is averaging 33.3 points per game, which leads the NFL.
Buffalo’s next test is a big one: a home matchup with the 6-1 Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota is being talked about as having arguably the league’s best defense, and if Allen can light them up and get the Bills another win, he could all but seal the MVP race this week.
Allen’s Bills résumé keeps growing, too. He enters that game with 31,895 passing yards, 231 passing touchdowns, 4,991 rushing yards and 88 rushing touchdowns in Buffalo. The source material says that by the time it’s all over, he’ll pass Hall of Famer Jim Kelly as the best quarterback in franchise history.
NFL.com is already treating him like the favorite. In its Week 9 MVP tracker, Allen is back at No. 1, ahead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Burdy, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
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