The NFL season has barely lifted off the ground, but the MVP may have already revealed himself. And he resides in a shiny new $2.2 billion stadium in Orchard Park. Josh Allen has begun the 2026 season on such a scorching hot pace that it feels like the league's Most Valuable Player award is already his to lose.
During Buffalo's Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions, Allen was nothing short of sensational. The Bills quarterback completed 20 of his 31 passes for 248 yards and rushed 14 times for 69 yards on the ground. Oh yeah, and he scored FIVE TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS!
Maybe the only ones more demoralized by Allen's performance on Thursday night than the Lions were the folks at home facing Allen in fantasy. And even those few still had to be awestruck at his performance, even as they were being spurned by it. But Allen's stellar Week 2 is just part of that equation for why he's starting to pull away as the MVP favorite this early in the season.
In Week 1 against the Houston Texans, Allen was equally lethal, completing 20-of-29 passes for 334 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also rushed for 23 yards and two more touchdowns. As a reminder, that was against a Houston defense that entered the season as arguably the top unit in all of the NFL, and he shredded them.
Excluding kneel-downs and the end-of-half drives where they simply ran out the clock, the Bills offense has conducted 18 drives so far this season. Here's what Allen has orchestrated over those possessions: 10 touchdowns, three field goals, four punts, and one turnover on downs. Allen is just the third player in NFL history with nine-plus total touchdowns and zero turnovers in his first two games of a season.
Here are the other two instances: Do you know what those versions of Mahomes and Manning have in common? Each won the NFL MVP title that season. So, Allen is thrusting himself directly on an MVP course if history is any indication.
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