Josh Allen keeps stacking up the kind of plays that make the rest of the league sit up, but Colin Cowherd still found a way to turn Caleb Williams’ praise into a swipe at the Buffalo Bills star.
Cowherd was talking up Williams after the Chicago Bears quarterback returned from injury last week and followed it with another sharp showing against the New England Patriots, a defense widely regarded as one of the best in the league. The performance was enough for Cowherd to put Williams in rare company.
"Everybody is afraid to say it, I'm not. I think Caleb [Williams] is the most talented QB in this league… It’s like watching Josh Allen without the interceptions.”
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“Everybody is afraid to say it, I'm not. I think Caleb [Williams] is the most talented QB in this league… It’s like watching Josh Allen without the interceptions,” Cowherd said.
He doubled down by lining up Williams’ numbers against Allen’s work against the same Patriots defense.
“Josh Allen played New England's defense and ended with a passer rating in the 80s. Caleb was at 117 last night in a short week. The second-highest passer rating in the Vrabel era,” Cowherd continued.
That doesn’t exactly knock Allen off his perch. The Bills quarterback remains the guy his team believes is the best in football, and he’s given them every reason to think that. He continues to do the impossible every week, using both his arm and his legs to keep Buffalo winning.
Just last week, Allen pulled off one of those jaw-dropping moments that has become routine for him, uncorking a shovel pass to Keon Coleman for a touchdown. That kind of play had plenty of people ready to put him back in the MVP conversation right away. If he keeps producing at this level, another MVP run would not be a shock, though Buffalo’s record will factor in too.
Williams, meanwhile, is still working his way back after missing a few games, so an MVP push is harder to picture right now. Even so, over the last two weeks, he’s shown plenty of good football and reminded everyone why Cowherd is talking about him at all.
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