Josh Allen is no longer sitting atop NFL.com’s quarterback rankings.
That spot now belongs to Joe Burrow, leaving the Buffalo Bills star at No. 2 despite another strong season and a team that keeps rolling. Allen has thrown for 2,027 yards with 12 touchdown passes and six interceptions, while also adding 285 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns.
Burrow’s numbers are bigger through the air. He has 2,386 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns and six interceptions.
Allen’s latest outing came in Week 9 against the Minnesota Vikings, when he finished 21 of 31 for 234 yards. He threw a touchdown, had an interception and completed 67.7% of his passes.
Buffalo is still sitting pretty at 7-1, which gives the Bills the best record in the AFC. They’re also putting up 32.0 points per game in Year 1 of the Joe Brady era, the top mark in the league.
The Bills’ next opponent is the New York Jets, a team Buffalo should handle with ease at 2-7. The source also notes that Aaron Glenn has one of the worst coaching situations in the NFL.
Allen’s career numbers in Buffalo keep climbing, too. He enters the Jets game with 32,129 passing yards, 232 touchdown passes, 100 interceptions, 5,006 rushing yards and 88 rushing touchdowns in a Bills uniform. The source says that when it’s all said and done, he will pass Hall of Famer Jim Kelly as the best quarterback in franchise history.
Buffalo has gone 95-40-0 in the regular season with Allen under center, a run that has turned him into what the source calls a once-in-a-generation player.
The schedule after New York is loaded: the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Dolphins and Jets. The Patriots are the only team to beat Buffalo so far this season.
There’s still the bigger question hanging over all of this: can Allen and the Bills finally get to the promised land? The source points to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs not looking as dominant as they once did, while also noting that Kansas City has been the one team Allen has consistently struggled to beat in the playoffs.
Allen is 8-7 in the postseason and 0-4 against Kansas City.
A statue may be waiting for him someday, but the source makes clear that Allen isn’t chasing that kind of recognition. He wants the one thing that has eluded Buffalo for so long: a Super Bowl.
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