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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
At 1 p.m. ET this past Sunday, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Did anyone else?
Finally: football.
By then, we’d already seen two games. Both were terrific. Still, there’s something special when the first NFL Sunday hits. It’s blissful.
And it took only a few minutes for chaos to ensue, which instantly had me thinking about what to do with all these signal-callers for this exercise. I had more fun than I should have watching Anthony Richardson and C.J. Stroud — who were both electric. But I had the same amount of fun watching Joe Burrow as I did Jacoby Brissett — who were both duds.
As Week 1s tend to go, there was some weirdly off-putting and delightfully surprising football. Let’s look at how that changed what we thought we knew about these quarterbacks.
And remember, one question is at the fore of this exercise: What have you done for your team lately?
Note: Last week’s ranking is in parentheses.
1. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (↑1)
We’ve spent the offseason wondering what the Buffalo Bills would look like without Stefon Diggs.
The offense looks a lot like Josh Allen. And that’s because the offense is Josh Allen.
He scored four total touchdowns Sunday, with two in the air and two on the ground. His strong performance didn’t come without a turnover — he fumbled in the first quarter, which is a part of why the Bills fell into a 14-point hole. But during the comeback, he completed passes to nine different pass-catchers.
Last year, the Bills were overly reliant on Diggs. It made them one-dimensional. But with Allen at quarterback, they should be multiple. They should be unpredictable. I’m certain there will be growing pains, but Allen delivers epic moments.
Exhibit A: He hurdled and posterized Cardinals safety Budda Baker on the Bills’ final touchdown.
2. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (↓1)
3. Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers (↑3)
4. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (↓1)
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