Josh Allen: Is the Buffalo Bills quarterback the NFL’s new number one at the position?

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Former NFL quarterback Chris Simms on Josh Allen: “What this guy is capable of doing every day, he’s a freak of nature”; Watch the NFL Playoffs Divisional Round between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs live on Sky Sports NFL from 11:30 p.m. Sunday.

Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl rings, Aaron Rodgers is the favorite for the league’s MVP for the second year in a row, and Patrick Mahomes is eyeing a third consecutive Super Bowl appearance. And yet, does the best quarterback in the NFL really live in Buffalo?

“It’s as close to perfection as you can get in the game of football,” Baldinger said. Inside the party (Sky Sports NFL, Tuesday, 9 pm) after Allen threw more touchdown passes (5) than missed ones (4) last Saturday in a 47-17 win against AFC East.

“They took 54 offensive snaps and didn’t have a single negative throw. [except for an offensive pass interference penalty]”Baldinger added.

The Bills scored touchdowns on every offensive possession except for a few kneels to kill time late in the game. They never hit, fielded, or flipped the ball—the first team to ever do so in a single game in NFL history. They did all this against the No. 4 overall defense in football and the No. 2 defense in scoring.

Boldinger added: “The only definition that really holds true after playing like this is ‘perfection. Perhaps we will never see such a result again in another 100 years of football.”

Brian Baldinger joins Inside The Huddle to discuss Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen's

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Brian Baldinger joins Inside The Huddle to discuss Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s “historic” performance in their Wild Card victory over the New England Patriots.

Former NFL QB Chris Simms also praised Allen. Football talk (Sky Sports NFL, weekdays, 7pm): “I don’t know if the football world understands what we’re seeing here.

“Is Josh Allen the best player in football? I think this is a legitimate question.

“I know Mahomes is right. Rodgers too, he still plays at a high level. But Allen had a lot of games where I just said, “I don’t know if there’s a better player in the game.”

“Things I see: he runs from defenders, hard defensive tackles, touchdowns with defensive ends on the back, powerful Cam Newton-style play, making incredible decisions from the pocket, betting every ball for money. And, oh yes, he does it while it’s -8 degrees outside.

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