Buffalo Rumblings
Allen and Brady trail Steve Young, but by how much?
During the Buffalo Bills’ divisional round playoff win over the Baltimore Ravens this past Sunday, quarterback Josh Allen scored a pair of rushing touchdowns to give the offense an early advantage. Allen’s two jaunts to paydirt brought his playoff rushing touchdown total to seven, which ties him with Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.
It took Brady 48 playoff games over a span of 20 NFL seasons to reach seven rushing touchdowns. Allen, meanwhile, needed just 12 games over a span of six NFL seasons.
Ahead of both Allen and Brady is Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, who finished his career with eight rushing touchdowns in the playoffs. Young was a prolific dual-threat quarterback who took the football and ran after Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana left the San Francisco 49ers for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Young started a total of 14 playoff games with the 49ers, finding the end zone as a rusher in six out of seven postseason campaigns. While Brady won’t ever catch Young, Allen is well on his way to joining Young at the top.
All told, Allen has a real chance to catch Young or break the record this season — perhaps as soon as next weekend against the Chiefs. Should that happen, Allen would also set the new quarterback record in the fewest amount of playoff games.
Additionally, as Nick Veronica points out, Allen is also tied with running back Kenneth Davis for the second-most playoff rushing touchdowns in Buffalo Bills history. To claim the top spot with the Bills, Allen will have to eclipse Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas’ postseason total of 16 rushing touchdowns.
