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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
For most of Josh Allen’s career, he’s been chasing Patrick Mahomes.
There’s the draft, which Allen entered in 2018, a year after Mahomes. There’s the contractual element, with Allen signing his massive extension in 2021 after Mahomes inked his in 2020. There’s their on-field performances, where Mahomes has three Super Bowl titles and two MVPs and Allen has none of either.
In terms of NFL maturity, Allen is at least one step behind Mahomes.
Except in one category: the security blanket.
Mahomes still has his. Tight end Travis Kelce has been the No. 1 option in the Chiefs offense since Mahomes took over as QB1. Allen lost his alpha this offseason in Stefon Diggs. And while many compared that to Mahomes losing Tyreek Hill, the comparison is flawed. Because even after Hill left, Mahomes had the greatest pass-catching tight end in the history of the game. Allen? After the Bills traded Diggs this past offseason, the QB had nothing of the sort.
This isn’t to say that Allen is better than Mahomes — though the Bills QB is empirically outplaying the Chiefs QB right now. It’s just to say that Allen and the Bills have, for so long, copied Mahomes and the Chiefs with their team-building strategies.
Until now. Now, things are different.
And so Sunday’s game, in which Allen beat Mahomes, felt like a reminder of where Allen’s career has diverged from that of Mahomes. Allen ran for the game-winning touchdown and led the team in rushing yards. And he completed a touchdown to his 11th different pass-catcher. It’s a good thing the quarterback is 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds, because all he seems to do is put the Bills on his back.
“I feel like we can all play as alphas on the team, because of who we have at quarterback,” fullback Reggie Gilliam said. “You never know what guy might be going off for 100 yards that day.”
“The league has stars and he’s one of them,” receiver Amari Cooper said….
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Publish date : 2024-11-20 17:46:00
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