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Josh Allen On Nfl Hall Of Fame Trajectory With Bills Qb About To Reach

Bonisiwe Shabane
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josh allen on nfl hall of fame trajectory with bills qb about to reach

The Buffalo Bills entered Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season knowing that the Baltimore Ravens would be out for blood. After all, the Bills were the ones who knocked them out of the playoffs last season, in dramatic fashion to boot, so the Ravens were looking for revenge on Sunday Night Football. Unfortunately, the Ravens jumped out to a 20-13 lead at halftime and pushed the spread to 15, taking a 34-19 lead into the fourth quarter. If not for future Hall of Fame quarterback Josh Allen, the game would have gotten out of hand much quicker. Allen continued his heroics in the early part of the fourth quarter, running in a touchdown from the two-yard line to make it a nine-point game. This rushing touchdown actually eclipsed a bit of Bills history for him, further making his case for Canton one day.

On Sunday, Allen tallied his 66th career rushing touchdown in the NFL, which means that he is now Buffalo's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns. He surpassed the legendary Thurman Thomas, who previously held the record with 65 touchdowns. This record has stood since Thomas left the Bills in 1999, so Allen is once again in rarified air. It took Thomas 2,849 carries over 12 seasons with the franchise to earn this mark, while Allen did it in just over seven seasons and 766 carries. Buffalo Bills star quarterback Josh Allen will have the opportunity to further etch his name in the NFL history books with a strong performance against the New York Jets on ‘Monday Night Football.’ The upcoming AFC East matchup will mark Allen’s 100th game in the NFL since being selected by the Bills with the No.

7 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. In 99 career games - all but one of which he started - he has completed 2,068-of-3,276 passes for 23,648 yards, 175 touchdowns, and 78 interceptions. If Allen manages to throw three touchdown passes against the Jets, he will tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (178 touchdown passes each) for the... Only Patrick Mahomes (225), Dan Marino (217), Aaron Rodgers (203), and Brett Favre (187) have tossed more over that span. Allen can also make history with his legs on Monday. With seven yards on the ground, he will surpass Cam Newton (3,777 rushing yards) for the fourth-most rushing yards by any quarterback in their first 100 games in the history of the NFL.

Fellow 2018 draftee Lamar Jackson leads the list with 5,621 rushing yards, followed by Michael Vick (4,752) and Randall Cunningham (4,096). It remains to be seen if Allen will be hindered at all while playing in his career milestone game. Just one week prior, the signal-caller appeared to suffer a serious head injury against the Houston Texans - but was miraculously able to return to the game shortly after. It looks like Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen has a Hall of Fame fan. While reviewing tape from the Bills' Week 2 win over the New York Jets, former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed shared what he thinks makes the reigning MVP such an "elite" player. The Pro Football Hall of Famer said it's the "seven inches between his ears," referring to Allen's brain.

The play that Reed specifically reviewed was Allen's 40-yard scramble in the win over the Jets. That play remains Allen's longest rush of the 2025 season. "Right out of the gate, Josh Allen is pointing and acknowledging who's the Mike," said Reed, referring to one of New York's middle linebackers. "They're telling the [offensive] line who to block, who's the middle of the defense." Pro Football Hall of Famer reacting to future HOFer's highlights 🤯Ed Reed shows why Josh Allen’s elite 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eDWAOXMCAB Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is a generational talent and has silenced the critics throughout his NFL career.

When the team drafted him, hardly anyone could imagine what Allen would be able to accomplish in the league. It's a testament to the hard work and dedication he puts into his craft.With that hard work and dedication comes some impressive NFL hardware. While Allen didn't win a physical trophy, he has etched his name in the NFL record books once again . In the loss against the New England Patriots, Allen passed Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly for the most games with multiple passing touchdowns. Allen had his 68th career game, breaking a tie with Kelly for the most games in Bills history in doing so. Not only that, but Allen was able to collect his 18th career game with more than 250 passing yards and more than 50 rushing yards.

Even in a loss, Allen continues to rewrite Bills history. Week 6 - Bills at Falcons: Mercedes Benz Stadium 7:15 PM (Monday, Oct 13) ESPN (Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Katie George & Peter Schrager) WGR 550 (Chris Brown, Eric Wood & Sal... Entering his eighth season, Allen already had the record for most total touchdowns in a player's first eight seasons, meaning any additional touchdown he scores throughout the year just further his record. Allen also became the fastest player in NFL history to have 300 career offensive touchdowns (including the postseason), surpassing Patrick Mahomes. Not only that, Allen overtook legendary quarterback Tom Brady for the best TD-to-interception ratio over a 12-game span. : #Bills QB Josh Allen is OFFICIALLY the ONLY player in #NFL history to have 31 TDs to 1 INT over any 12 game span (via @DraftKings)He passes Tom Brady’s MVP run from 2010.#BuiltInBuffalo...

Josh Allen continues his march into the NFL record books, occupying rarified air in the process Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen played an incredibly efficient and dominating game against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1. Though he had attempted just two passes at the two-minute warning before halftime, Allen made Arizona pay for their defensive decisions in the second half. In helping the Bills secure a victory at home, Allen recorded his fourth game with two passing touchdowns and two rushing scores, tying former San Fransisco 49ers and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Steve... Going 18-of-23 for 232 yards, Allen helped the Bills climb out of an early 17-3 deficit for a dramatic 34-28 win over the Cardinals. Allen also added nine rushing attempts (one kneel down) for 39 yards on the ground and those two aforementioned touchdowns.

His day could have gone even better, considering Allen also had a rushing touchdown called back on the Bills’ first drive of the game — due to an offensive facemask penalty by right guard... Allen is now just two rushing touchdowns away from tying former Bills running back O.J. Simpson for second all-time in Buffalo Bills history (57). There’s a realistic chance Allen could even climb into first place all-time on the Bills’ list of rushing touchdown leaders. Going full speed ahead, as has been emblematic of his career, Josh Allen reached a milestone marker Thursday. Allen notched his 200th career touchdown pass in the Buffalo Bills' 31-21 win over the Miami Dolphins, tying for the sixth-fastest player in NFL history to do so.

Playing in his 114th career game, Allen's road to 200 touchdown passes came quicker than anyone but arch-frenemy Patrick Mahomes (84 games), Hall of Famer Dan Marino (89), Aaron Rodgers (99), Hall of Famer... He tied current players Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott and Russell Wilson. Allen, 29, entered Thursday needing three TDs to hit 200 and got them with scoring passes to Dalton Kincaid, Jackson Hawes and Khalil Shakir, who caught TD No. 200 in the fourth quarter. His touchdown pass to Kincaid was his 300th total (passing and rushing) TD, including the playoffs. It's not all that surprising that Allen had a highlight-filled evening against the Dolphins.

He's tallied 45 total TDs, with 40 passing scores, in 15 games against Miami -- both his most against any opponent -- and is 13-2 (8-0 at home). ORCHARD PARK - For the third week in a row to start the 2024 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills have a player honored in the league’s weekly awards. Josh Allen on Wednesday was named AFC offensive player of the week for his performance in Monday night’s 47-10 blowout over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Allen completed 23 of 30 passes for 266 yards with four touchdowns, and he also ran six times for 44 yards with five of his carries resulting in first downs. This comes on the heels of edge rusher Greg Rousseau winning the AFC defensive player of the week in Week 1 for this three-sack effort against the Cardinals, and running back James Cook winning... For Allen, it’s the 13th time he has won a player of the week award, the most in Bills history, but his first since Week 4 of the 2023 season following a game in...

Allen becomes the 10th quarterback to win player of the week 13-or-more times, tying Joe Montana. Allen’s 13 awards are the most among any player since entering the NFL in 2018. The Buffalo Bills are currently gearing up for the 2025 NFL season, where they will hope to hoist the Lombardi Trophy for the first time in their franchise's storied history. Under center for the Bills will be reigning league MVP quarterback Josh Allen, who carried an undermanned roster to the AFC Championship Game a season ago. Recently, Allen received an honor from his college, Wyoming, being inducted into the team's football Hall of Fame. “I wouldn't be here without them.

It's very cool to be honored by something so close and near to my heart,” said Allen in reaction to the news, per the Bills' official team account on X, formerly Twitter. It was at Wyoming that Allen turned himself from an unknown into a first round NFL draft prospect, putting together a unique combination of size, arm strength, and agility that in some ways made... Now that Allen has shaken off some of the turnover issues that defined the early part of his career, he has cemented himself as one of the best quarterbacks of his era and a... It’s Josh Allen’s world and we’re all living in it. One month after being named NFL MVP, Allen and the Buffalo Bills agreed to terms on a contract that will keep the quarterback in Buffalo through 2030. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the new contract is a six-year, $330 million deal that includes $250 million guaranteed.

The guaranteed money is the largest ever given out to an NFL player. Despite having four years left on his previous deal, Buffalo felt the need to reward their franchise quarterback after several other quarterbacks surpassed his previous contract. At the end of the 2024 season, Allen was 14th among quarterbacks with his average annual value coming in at $43 million. Allen put together an MVP season in which he scored 41 touchdowns and committed a career-low eight turnovers in 2024. It was Allen’s fifth consecutive season in which he scored over 40 touchdowns, an NFL record.

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