Three reasons the Buffalo Bills don’t have a problem with Josh Allen.
Observing Patrick Mahomes’ success in Kansas City following his trade back in the draft with Kansas City, the Buffalo Bills are living what can only be described as a fever dream.
Once again, the Kansas City Chiefs forced the Bills to quit the playoffs early. Although Kansas City always prevails when it counts, the Bills are still a fantastic club. Fans may disagree, but Josh Allen is not a problem for Buffalo. Despite all of the Bills’ shortcomings, Josh Allen is a far greater asset than the supporters. Look at how that worked out when the Las Vegas Raiders placed all the blame for their problems on Derek Carr’s feet during the summer. Derek Carr left Vegas early due in part to the backlash from the city’s fans against him and the head coach.
Josh Allen is not someone to whom the same applies. Josh Allen had the most turnovers in the NFL the previous few seasons, which obviously cannot be disregarded. Additionally, during pivotal moments in the game, including after passing the ball off, like in the Denver game, Allen has turned the ball over. Having said all of this, Buffalo doesn’t have an Allen problem; nonetheless, some issues still need to be fixed.
Josh Allen, the quarterback for the Bills, needs to be the subject of some awkward talk.
QB Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills has participated in ten postseason games and has won five of them. I believe that a difficult talk needs to be addressed because the team’s recent postseason performances have clearly reached a plateau. The Chiefs were playing an away game in Buffalo in front of Bills Mafia, and the Bills had them exactly where they wanted them.
The Bills won the AFC East and the No. 2 seed in the playoffs after riding a late-season surge. They had the tiebreaker since they had defeated the Chiefs during the regular season. Furthermore, this was the year for Allen and the Bills, right, with no Joe Burrow in the postseason? That’s exactly how it appeared. In the Wild Card round, the Bills handled the Pittsburgh Steelers, led by Mason Rudolph, with relative ease.
The Bills were obviously aiming for greater things. They were all aware, no doubt, that in order to advance to the Super Bowl, they had to overcome Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. They had their opportunity. Throughout the game, they held various leads, and the Bills were unable to close the deal. Of course, Allen may rank quite low in the hierarchy of those responsible for this defeat.
Tyler Bass, their kicker, failed to convert a game-tying field goal. Stefon Diggs’ performance was subpar. Furthermore, the Bills’ ill-advised punt attempt in the second half was extremely embarrassing. But in the playoffs, particularly in the NFL, the team with the superior quarterback usually wins. Indeed, teams occasionally need to rely on their quarterbacks to get them over the finish line, even though victories aren’t always a QB stat.
And Josh Allen has repeatedly failed to do it, missing the postseason for the fifth time in a row. It’s starting to become common, therefore I believe it’s time to have a direct discussion about the quarterback. The Mahomes/Allen rivalry has been compared to the Tom Brady/Peyton Manning rivalry of this age by many. If we’re being really honest, though, is Allen Manning for this generation? To be honest, he seems more like Philip Rivers than anything else.
Josh Allen’s postseason record is 5-5. Against the following quarterbacks, he has five victories:
Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson, an injured Lamar Jackson, an aging, washed-up Philip Rivers, and rookie quarterback Mac Jones.
Three of his five playoff losses have come from Joe Burrow, Deshaun Watson, and Patrick Mahomes.
This is not nothing, people. I understand that Josh Allen’s crazy dual-threat appeal draws in a lot of folks. He is currently among the NFL’s finest rushers and has the ability to score a major touchdown at any moment. I can see why he is so alluring to people, but his small amount of postseason success is starting to look alarming.
Josh Allen has been at the core of the Buffalo Bills’ season ending tragically once more.