Josh Allen’s playoff résumé has become a strange study in contrasts, and Nick Wright thinks the split is obvious. The Buffalo Bills quarterback has been brilliant in the Wild Card round, but once the games get deeper into January, Wright says the picture changes fast.
On the latest edition of “First Thing's First” on FS1, Wright didn’t hold back when sizing up Allen’s postseason work.
“I do not believe Josh Allen has been consistently excellent in the playoffs,” Wright said. “I think Josh Allen has been the greatest Wild Card Round quarterback the league has ever seen, and after that it’s been a very mixed bag.
That criticism lands even though Allen’s playoff numbers look strong at first glance. In 15 career postseason games, the one-time MVP has thrown for 3,915 yards, 29 touchdowns, and just six interceptions while completing 66.5% of his passes. He has also fumbled 15 times and lost four of them, leaving him with 10 total turnovers in his playoff career.
The issue, as Wright sees it, is that the production hasn’t consistently turned into the kind of wins Buffalo needs. Allen is 8-7 in the postseason, has reached the AFC Championship just twice, and the turnovers have often arrived at the worst possible moments.
“I do not believe Josh Allen has been consistently excellent in the playoffs. I think Josh Allen has been the greatest Wild Card Round quarterback the league has ever seen, and after that it’s been a very mixed bag.”@getnickwright explains: pic.twitter.com/oexOD3gegA
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) August 10, 2026
That disconnect is part of what makes Allen such a fascinating case. His playoff averages are basically in line with what he does in the regular season over an 17-game sample across his eight-year career. In the regular season, Allen has averaged 3,998 passing yards and 29 touchdowns, completed 64.0% of his throws, and averaged 12 interceptions per season.
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