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While breaking records has seemingly become an annual occurrence in his young career, QB Josh Allen set a whole new one in Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers.
He became the first Bills quarterback in franchise history to record consecutive seasons with over 30 thrown touchdown passes.
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In the modern offense-driven NFL, Allen has been a standout the past two seasons with his signature arm strength, accuracy development, and ability to extend possessions and make plays.
37 of his 46 total scores in 2020 were aerial and good for the teams’ single-season TD record, and the 4,544 passing yards that came along with them was a team record as well. Per Stat Muse, he averaged 2.31 passing touchdowns per game played in 2020.
This season, he has 31 TD tosses and is averaging 2.21 passing touchdowns per game played, which would play out at the same total number (37) if he throws on average.
That being said, Allen is anything but average.
In Sunday’s contest alone, he threw three touchdowns against Carolina. He also has a knack for putting up special stats, and league-wide ones at that.
In only his fourth professional season, Allen has already become the only quarterback in NFL history to go for over 400 passing yards, over 30 passing TD’s and over eight rushing TD’s in a single season. He is the first player in NFL history to have two games in a season with a three-plus passing TD and 400-plus passing yard performance with zero interceptions along with a 130-plus passer rating. He is also the only player in the history of the league to log three consecutive seasons of seven-or-more rushing touchdowns.
If the Bills offense can continue to play at the high octanse level seen on Sunday as they make a run at the playoffs, it’s entirely possible that could lead to Allen surpassing last year’s total to set a new franchise mark in the final three games of the regular season.
We may see more of Allen in the team record books in the weeks to come, though his focus will be set on beating the New England Patriots in Foxboro this Sunday, winning the AFC East in the final three games, and making the playoffs for a third consecutive season.
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