Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen will meet for the seventh time on Sunday, and the first time in the playoffs since the 42-36 overtime thriller won by Kansas City two years ago.
The numbers don’t lie. This is easily the best QB rivalry since Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who last met in the 2015 AFC title game. Here’s the other rivalries that have taken place since that last meeting.
Nothing comes close to Brady-Manning quite like Mahomes-Allen. It could be one of the best QB rivalries ever.
Here’s five reasons why:
1. Quality and quantity
They meet a lot and their head-to-head battles are incredible. That meets the basic standard of any great rivalry. This is the seventh time they’ve met in the last four years, despite not playing in the same division! Sound familiar? They join Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady as the only QB rivalry from different divisions to meet seven times in a four-year span.
Mahomes vs. Allen is also the only QB rivalry to ever meet three times in the playoffs before each QB turned 29. So no QB rivalry has met this many times in the postseason this early in their careers.
The series is tied 3-3 too, and both QBs have put up video game numbers. They’ve combined for 3,945 yards passing and rushing in their six meetings. Only one QB rivalry has ever racked up more yardage in their first six meetings: Drew Brees vs. Matthew Stafford.
2. Best QBs in NFL in last four years
This rivalry is also top notch because these are the two best QBs in the NFL since their head-to-head matchups began in 2020.
For the last four years nobody comes close to the production put up by Mahomes and Allen. They rank one-two in QB wins, total touchdowns and yards in that span, by a mile. Allen hasn’t won an MVP yet, but Mahomes and Allen have finished top three in MVP voting twice, in 2020 and 2022.
Allen is also the only QB in NFL history with 40 total touchdowns in four straight seasons.
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Author : Douglas Clawson
Publish date : 2024-01-16 15:14:43
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