There are only three AFC quarterbacks who have won the Super Bowl in the past decade: Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning. Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen are hoping to join that exclusive QB in the 2025 NFL playoffs.
The quarterbacks aren’t realistically attempting to chase down Patrick Mahomes in the Lombardi Trophy department, but be is this era’s Peyton Manning.
With that in mind, Peyton Manning has spoken out about the matchup and offered some very valuable advice to Allen. "Look, Josh, kind of like Lamar, you know, I hate it because both of them can't ...
Part of the excitement of this matchup will be the MVP debate. Both are very deserving. Consider there's been three instances in NFL history of a player with 40+ total touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards and fewer than seven interceptions in a season.
The 28-year-old would enter rarified air with a third, as only five all-time great QBs have three or more — Peyton Manning (5), Aaron Rodgers (4), Tom Brady (3), Brett Favre (3), Johnny Unitas (3). Josh Allen, meanwhile, has never been named NFL MVP ...
Three NFL MVP races have ended in a tie: 1960, 1997, and 2004. In each case, the award went to both players, and each was named a co-MVP. For historical purposes, the award still counts as a full MVP for each co-winner. Here's the complete history of NFL co-MVPs.
The NFL MVP award is one of the most prestigious honors in sports, awarded to the player deemed most valuable during the regular season. While the idea of co-MVPs may seem unconventional, it has happened before-most notably in 2003,
Daniels threw two touchdown passes to lead the Commanders to a 23-20 win at Tampa Bay on Sunday night, joining Russell Wilson (2012), Mark Sanchez (2009) and Joe Flacco (2008) as the only rookie quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era to win a road playoff start.
In Patrick Mahomes' first ever playoff game, Kansas City won its first divisional round game in nearly 25 years. Mahomes threw for 278 yards in the game, but the Chiefs scored all four touchdowns on the ground. Damien Williams had 129 yards and a rushing touchdown. Tyreek Hill scored from 36 yards out.
As the No. 7 seed in the AFC playoffs, there aren't many expectations for Nix and the Broncos to get past Josh Allen and the No. 2 seed Bills, but with as good as Denver's defense has been this year, there's always a chance.
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