Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is on pace to become the greatest player in franchise history, proving this idea both anecdotally and statistically in his team’s Week 11 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
He put his team on his back in the final moments of the highly anticipated nationally televised fight; Leading 23-21 with just over two minutes to play, the franchise center called his own number on a fourth-and-2 in Kansas City territory, breaking off a 26-yard touchdown run to give the Bills a late two-score lead and hand the Chiefs their first loss of the 2024 campaign.
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The play received a lot of national buzz, with Allen even becoming the betting favorite at some sportsbooks for this year’s NFL MVP Award. The icing on the proverbial cake of the quarterback’s amazing touchdown run is that it allowed him to tie an incredible franchise record: the score was the 244th total touchdown of Allen’s career, tying him for the most in the franchise with Hall of Famers quarterback Jim Kelly. history.
In the Bills 30-21 win:
🏈 Josh Allen tied the team record for total TDs (244) and moved to 2nd in rushing TDs (58)
🏈 The Bills became the only team in the NFL with 4 wins over Patrick Mahomes
🏈 The Bills became the first team since 2022 to score 30 on KC pic.twitter.com/2DK4iaGfRt— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) November 18, 2024
Just 28 years old, Allen scored his 244th total touchdown in just his 105th career game; it took Kelly 160 games to reach the same total. We don’t mean to sound like we’re discrediting Kelly’s ability; he was an incredible quarterback who is undoubtedly one of, if not the, greatest player in Bills history. We simply present the number of games played to illustrate how mind-bogglingly productive Allen has been in terms of goal-line crossing; by the time Allen reaches the same number of career games played as Kelly, it’s possible he’s approaching 300 total career touchdowns (if not more).
Allen has been one of the league’s most productive players since entering the league in 2018, with only Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes scoring more touchdowns than he has since his rookie season (247). He takes a healthy lead in the race if you just count the touchdowns scored this decade, as the Buffalo passer has scored a league-high 197 total touchdowns since 2020; Mahomes is second with 167.
A significant portion of Allen’s scoring has come on the ground (58 career rushing touchdowns), and while some rival fans try to use this statistic to discredit his excellence, all touchdowns look the same on the scoreboard. The former All-Pro will get a chance to take sole possession of the title of “leading touchdown scorer in Bills history” when Buffalo returns from the bye week in a Week 13 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers.
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