Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills have the best quarterback in the NFL. Sure, we can quibble over whether he’s actually second, or if we really want to be crazy, third. But, I will gladly die on the hill that Buffalo’s QB1 is the best pure talent at the position right now.
After one week in the 2025 NFL season, that opinion has really only been reinforced. In a league full of talented players, the Bills are fortunate that they have an absolute stud at the most important position in the game. As fans, we are incredibly lucky that we can watch him do what he does on the field on a weekly basis. Add in that he’s a tremendous human being off the field, as well, as we’re talking about an all-time great who hasn’t even turned 30 years old yet.
And with that, we come to the end of our “90 players in 90 days” series for the 2025 season. Thanks to me starting much later than I usually do—I’m a high school softball coach, and this series began when we were right in the middle of a playoff hunt last school year—this offseason piece has dragged on into the following regular season. Note to self: start earlier next time!
Thank you to all of you who have read, commented, discussed, debated, and dissected these pieces throughout the the last few months. Let’s end it with a discussion about the most important player on the 2025 Buffalo Bills roster.
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Name: Josh Allen
Number: 17
Position: QB
Height/Weight: 6’5” 237 lbs.
Age: 29 (30 on 5/21/2026)
Experience/Draft: 8; selected by Buffalo in the first round (No. 7 overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft
College: Wyoming
Acquired: First-round draft choice
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Allen is in the first year of a six-year deal worth a total of $330 million. For the 2025 season, his cap hit is $36,338,431, the highest on the team. The Bills aren’t going to release him unless Mike McDaniel hacks their system, but even if they did, Allen’s dead cap number is an absurd $209,804,281.
2024 Recap: What can we write that hasn’t been written already? Allen’s first season since 2019 without Stefon Diggs was initially thought by some to be one where he might see some regression. All Allen did instead was win the league’s MVP award by accounting for over 40 touchdowns for the fifth consecutive year, extending his own NFL record in that category. He completed 64% of his passes for 3,731 yards, which was actually his lowest total since that 2019 season. He threw it just 483 times, again his lowest attempt number since 2019, mostly because the Bills were ahead in so many games that he either stopped throwing or exited the contest early. He set a career-low with only six interceptions. He threw for 28 touchdowns, rushed for 12 more, and added a receiving touchdown on one of the most fun plays of the year. Allen rushed 102 times for 531...
