Debate Explodes Around Whether Josh Allen Deserves Sympathy Or Blame For The Bills’ Postseason Struggles


The Buffalo Bills’ latest playoff loss has launched another narrative storm around Bills franchise QB Josh Allen, with the NFL world seemingly being split on whether he’s to blame for the organization’s postseason struggles.

After Josh Allen struggled mightily against the Denver Broncos with four turnovers — two interceptions and two fumbles — many NFL fans so fit to blame the former league MVP. Others, however, argue that Allen deserves sympathy, leading those blaming him to blow a gasket.

In the Buffalo Bills’ 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos, Allen completed 25 of 39 passes for 283 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles. The turnovers are certainly ugly, but on the flip side of that coin, Allen led his offense to 30 points on the road against the division’s #1 seed. Thus is the conundrum of Josh Allen.

“Josh Allen is closer to Justin Herbert than he is to Patrick Mahomes, but y’all aren’t ready for that conversation,” one NFL fan tweeted.

“Josh Allen cool. It’s the media who will call him Superman one minute then treat him like a make a wish kid after a loss,” a second added.

“Listen… I’ve believed in the Bills all year. I’ve repeatedly said Josh Allen is the 2nd best QB alive. I bet the equivalent of a decent, used Honda Civic on Buffalo today. BUT… ALL YEAR, I’ve had to listen to how Josh Allen is QB1, arguably the ‘most talented quarterback ever’, and all of this other objective nonsense… only to see him turn the ball over 4x (including one of the most cartoonish TOs of the season before the half), miss a wide open Kincaid for the win, AND not come thru in OT. I get that my ‘smartest’ colleagues think it’s passé to wait for someone to actually win something before anointing them, but that was really, really rough,” Fox Sports 1’s Nick Wright summarized.

Is Josh Allen actually to blame for the Buffalo Bills’ streak of losses in the postseason?

While Allen’s four turnovers against the Denver Broncos were undoubtedly a massive contributor to the Bills’ loss against the Broncos, the idea that this is the sort of postseason performance we’ve come to expect from him is a false narrative.

In the postseason, Allen’s efficiency and scoring output rise rather than fall: his points per drive, touchdown rate, and total offensive production consistently sit in the elite tier of playoff quarterbacks, often matching or exceeding contemporaries like Patrick Mahomes in head-to-head matchups.


In their AFC Championship Game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2025, the Bills put up 29 points, with Allen completing 22 of 34 passes for two touchdowns and zero turnovers, in addition to 11 carries for 39 yards.

The previous year, in the divisional round loss to the Chiefs, Allen again did not commit any turnovers, while also completing 26 of 39 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown, alongside 12 carries for 72 yards and two touchdowns.

Allen’s worst statistical playoff performance in a loss, prior to Sunday, came in the 2022 AFC Divisional Round against the Cincinnati Bengals. In that game, Allen finished 25-of-42 for 264 yards, 0 touchdowns, 1 interception, took five sacks, and posted one of the lowest yards-per-attempt figures of his playoff career. Buffalo scored just 10 points, their fewest in any Allen playoff start.

Famously, in 2022 against the Chiefs, Allen completed 27 of 37 passes for 329 yards and four touchdowns, and also was able to give the Bills the lead with just 13 seconds left in regulation. Still, the Bills lost.

Similar to most things in life — sports relate or otherwise — the answer ultimately lies in the nuance, which is something that most NFL fans seem to avoid like the plague: in the games he’s played poorly, he deserves the blame. In the many that he hasn’t, he’s been let down by other areas of his team. It can also be true that Josh Allen is often the reason the Bills win, but can be a major reason that they lose. It’s really that simple.

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