Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen has 10 interceptions and five fumbles this season.
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen is putting up MVP numbers again this season.
After winning the MVP Award in 2024, Allen has followed that up with another brilliant campaign. The future Hall of Famer has 3,083 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, 487 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.
However, according to NFL analyst Bill Barnwell of ESPN, Allen's run of avoiding negative plays has come to an end.
"If you asked me to pick the best player in football if we were drafting a team to win one game, I'd probably take Allen given his cumulative work over the past few seasons," Barnwell wrote. "This season, though, his incredible run of avoiding negative plays has come to an end. Allen's interception rate has nearly doubled, jumping from 1.2% a year ago to 2.6% this season. Allen ran a 2.8% sack rate in 2024, an impossibly low figure for a quarterback who extends plays as often as he does. This season, that has nearly tripled to 7.6%.
"Those negative plays have mattered. Allen has two turnovers in each of Buffalo's four losses, including the 23-20 defeat against the Patriots that helped push New England into first place in the AFC East. The Bills have won only one multiturnover game from Allen this season, the 44-32 victory over the Buccaneers in which Allen scored six touchdowns between the air and ground.
"Allen has been slightly more explosive, averaging what would be a career-best 8.2 yards per pass, and he has played key roles in memorable comeback wins over the Bengals and Ravens (plus he outdueled Mahomes in yet another regular-season victory over the Chiefs). But in 2024, Allen was plenty explosive and avoided negative plays as well as any QB in any season in NFL history. It's tougher to make that case this season. However, if the Bills launch a late comeback to win the division through Allen, we can never rule the 29-year-old out of the race."
Allen has 10 interceptions and five fumbles this season. The Pro Bowler only had six interceptions last season.
The Bills are 9-4. They are in second place in the AFC East and currently hold the sixth spot in the AFC playoff picture.
Buffalo has four games left in the regular season. Allen and Co. face the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets.
For the Bills to clinch a playoff spot and ultimately compete for the Super Bowl, Allen must do a better job of protecting the ball.