Name a player who is comparable to Josh Allen.....

[Special K]

40 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Josh is still morphing and growing as a QB.

 

Through his early career he's looked to me like Brett Favre ... A gunslinger with a strong arm, tough, fearless, will get what he needs through the air or on the ground. I think Josh has elevated his game beyond that now.

 

At the start of the last few seasons, I say to myself "Well there's no way Josh can be any better than he was last year", then he proceeds to be better than he was in the previous season.... the sky is still the limit for Josh!

[BullBuchanan]

My comp around when he was drafted was John Elway. He runs far more than Elway did and is far more athletic, but if Elway came up in this era, maybe they'd look a little closer.

[Kelly to Allen]

Allen had his " Elway the drive" literally twice in the 13 seconds game... 

 

To me that was the game that made me say Allen was the Elway of this era 

[Sierra Foothills]

11 hours ago, Special K said:

OK, we all know the correct answer is nobody, but if you had to pick somebody who would it be??

 

I am going to go with Randall Cunningham. They both are equipped with a cannon arm, elite athleticism, and an uncanny ability to escape the pocket under pressure.

 

The only differences are Josh is much bigger 6-5 240 to Cunningham 6-3 212, and more driven to be the best where the knock on Cunningham was he was more interested in the fame than being great.

 

However, Cunningham played in a time where the rules were different...QB's and WR's were not protected like they are now, and coaches did not use the QB as a dual run/pass threat like they do now.

 

I think if you "time-machined" an in his prime Cunningham to the present, he would be the third best QB in the league right now behind Allen and Mahomes, IMO.

 

For you Millenials and Gen Z'ers out there go on Youtube and watch some Randall Cunningham highlights!!

 

What do you think??

 

10 hours ago, LTT_BBFL said:

I would say a bigger, stronger and faster John Elway with a little Big Ben thrown in there. Fortunately for us, he's one of a kind and the NFL may never see anything like him again. 

 

Athletically Josh reminds me of a super-sized Elway and/or a more athletic Big Ben. I also agree with those who mention a (super-sized) Brett Favre because Josh used to be 100% gunslinger before he evolved into his more cerebral self.

 

As a runner (stylistically) the only comparable is former Chicago Bears QB Bobby Douglass who in 1972 rushed for 968 yards in a 14 game season (69.1 ypg).

 

Douglass was a big, rawboned midwestern farm boy who had size, straight-line speed, toughness, and instincts. He snapped arm tackles and overpowered DBs, outran LBs, and played with reckless abandon. He could also throw the ball 80 yards in the air... just a big strong country boy. But he never learned to play QB... he was a football player playing out of position.

 

 

[loyal2dagame]

Bruce Smith. Dominat at his position.  Played in a 3-4 and still beat double and triple teams.  Yet, Reggie White was always talked about as the premier DE that played in 4-3 defenses which created easier mismatches for him. 

 

You can compare Bruce's career to Allen's as they both were not in ideal situations to excel,  but their individual talents and drive made them great.  

 

Like Bruce, Allen is doing more with less, but others are talked about as being better but their systems and surrounding talent are never brought into the conversation. 

Apples to oranges when comparing  anyone to those two

Edited Saturday at 05:15 PM by loyal2dagame

[Maynard]

I’d throw a little Steve Young into the mixture. Honestly though, Allen is on another level to almost anyone I can think of. 

[Kelly to Allen]

Looks like Allen imo

Edited Saturday at 05:55 PM by Kelly to Allen

[Joe Mama]

Terry Bradshaw

[Kelly to Allen]

Josh Allen highlights 

[transient]

3 hours ago, frostbitmic said:

Josh is still morphing and growing as a QB.

 

Through his early career he's looked to me like Brett Favre ... A gunslinger with a strong arm, tough, fearless, will get what he needs through the air or on the ground. I think Josh has elevated his game beyond that now.

IMO he looks like Brett Favre with an actual football IQ. He still plays with all of those signature attributes. The other aspect that is similar to Favre is how much fun they both appear to have playing the game. How many times in the last 2 weeks has Allen rolled to his right and uncorked a ball across his body back towards the middle of the field. He just doesn't do it into traffic any more. He doesn't force things like he used to. Unlike Favre, Allen matured and learned to get out of a bad play and get to the next down. He doesn't live and die with every down like he used to. And he seems to finally have abandoned the "always look for the TD" mentality and has learned to let the game come to him.

[Maine-iac]

Haven't looked at every post but the best comparison I can think of would be Andrew Luck.  Allen is a better runner but Luck was no slouch and they both are amazing passers.  

Edited Saturday at 07:37 PM by Maine-iac

[MiracleAtRich1393]

An unholy combo of Steve Young, Brett Favre, John Elway, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, and Cam Newton.

[starrymessenger]

Every great player is unique so there is no clear comparable. Obviously Elway and (a more athletic) Ben R. Now that he's less of a gunslinger I wouldn't compare Josh to Favre.

Before his career was derailed by injury Bert Jones was pretty much the best and most dominant player on the field. Tough as nails and a great passer.

[34-78-83]

At one point I thought Elway, but he couldn’t do everything Josh can. Now with his development I’d say closer to Steve Young

[Fleezoid]

Earl Campbell. Except Josh can throw. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

No one QB compares to Allen.

 

I will name four that have some of the traits Allen has

 

1. Newton 

2. Elway

3. Roethlisberger 

4. Young

[machine gun kelly]

3 hours ago, Stanley Lombardi said:

Clark Kent.

Best post, aka Collell.  Thanks God for our yellow Sun.

 

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall LB’s in a single bound.  Look kids, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Josh freakin Super Allen!!!!!!!!!
 

The human cyborg.

 

 

[loyal2dagame]

2 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

Best post, aka Collell.  Thanks God for our yellow Sun.

 

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall LB’s in a single bound.  Look kids, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Josh freakin Super Allen!!!!!!!!!
 

The human cyborg.

 

 

Who TF is collell?

[Big Turk]

There isn't one.

 

If the US Military built a secret underground lab to build the perfect QB, Josh Allen would be their finished product.

[machine gun kelly]

1 hour ago, loyal2dagame said:

Who TF is collell?

Clark Kent’s name on Krypton.  You’ve never seen a Superman movie?

1 hour ago, loyal2dagame said:

Who TF is collell?

Sorry, Kal-El.

 

Im not Kryptonian.  That’s Josh.