Agreed monster year last year...
(It's not always about the qb)
GM/HC count
Bills should still be rated higher than Pats and the "Tamperers" but I expect Bills to regress.
Oh Ya , Jets .......It's the Jets
And Tamperers...Still roll with tua
Pats get their own house In order , The division is theirs to be taken
Allen had a good year but not compared to 2020. He regressed. Whether that means anything or not will play out this year., but...
Compared to 2020, in 2021, Allen had
a worse W/L record
a lower completion record
lower TD%
higher INT%
Only one less TD but 50% more INTs
Large drop n QBR.
Allen is still one of the top-rated QBs in the NFL, but those are a lot of markers that went south, and Allen most definitely did not have as good a year in 2021 as the year before.
Like most first year starting QBs he had a mediocre rookie year and improved in his second and third years. But then dipped in year 4. Aberration? Will he'll shoot backup in 2022 or has he found his level. No way to tell now, but it's a legitimate question which makes the media ball washing misplaced IMO.
I also think the downplaying of Mac Jones is a little overdone, especially regarding his like improvement in his sophomore year. I know it doesn't always happen - witness TFB in 2002 - but usually it does. In allen's rookie year he had:
10 TDs, 12 INTs
QBR under 50
completion percentage 53%
Jones numbers in those categories:
22 TDs, 13 INTs
QBR about the same as Allen
Completion percentage 67%
He improved the next year, but his second year didn't match Jones' rookie numbers.
We'll see what happens this year. Either team could take the division. I just think some people are going way overboard with the Bills love. I don't mean Mazz. Her posts are pretty much all the same and mean nothing really. But the mainstream media is definitely on team Allen and are sleeping on Team Mac.
Bills will definitely compete for the division, but this "best team in the AFC" is crazy stuff.