ESPN's 'Get Up' program: Bills QB Josh Allen called 'best to never get there'

This past week on ESPN's Get Up, host Mike Greenberg made his case for why Bills QB and NFL MVP Josh Allen is the best player at his position to never start in a Super Bowl.

The Buffalo Bills have made it to the AFC Championship game twice since drafting Allen, once in 2020 and once in 2024, losing both times to the Kansas City Chiefs. Both times, Allen and the offense did enough multiple times in the game to give the Bills a chance to win

The team has continued to add and secure talent on both sides of the ball. About the only things Allen and the team have not done since he became their quarterback are securing a No. 1 seed and first-round bye in the playoffs, reaching a Super Bowl, or winning a Super Bowl.

Could this be the year that changes?

Allen does appear to be the best quarterback not to make it to the Super Bowl, on account of him and Patrick Mahomes being far and away historic players of their generation at the position.

Here's what Greenberg had to say:

“As we pondered what is at stake in this 2025 NFL season for various players, we stumbled onto this. Josh Allen has the chance to remove his name from a place that no name ever wants to occupy, namely, the greatest quarterback never to play in a Super Bowl, because he is that. And it's getting late early for his chances.

Let me explain. Allen has already started 13 playoff games. The most that any quarterback ever started before making the big game was 12. Allen has thrown 25 postseason touchdowns. The most anyone else threw before making the Super Bowl was just 17. That was Peyton Manning, by the way. So Allen is well behind the curve. And candidly, it's not as though he can play much better. The numbers say he might be the best postseason quarterback ever. I told you he has thrown 25 playoff touchdowns. There are a total of 21 quarterbacks who've thrown at least 20. He's the only one not to start a Super Bowl.

 In his four playoff runs that ended in losses to Kansas City. Allen has accounted for 28 touchdowns and one turnover. That is across 10 games and 424 passes and runs. His touchdown to interception ratio in the playoffs by a wide margin, the best of all time. It's over 6 to 1. Mahomes is second at less than 5 to 1. In playoff history, teams that score at least three touchdowns with zero turnovers are 140 and 19. Allen is the only quarterback to lose more than one of those games. He has lost three of them all in the last four years, all against Kansas City. So, the case on that part of this is closed. Josh Allen is the best quarterback never to start a Super Bowl. The open question is, being still only 29, is there still another level he can take this to change that?”

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