New York Giants fans haven’t had much to celebrate in recent years. With a winning record over the past nine seasons, times have been tough. The Giants have had their fifth head coach since 2015. Stability was an issue. With very little to look forward to, leave it to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen to offer a glimmer of hope to Giants fans this year.
Is Josh Allen the handiest quarterback in the game today?
Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills throws a pass against the New England Patriots during the third quarter of their AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Highmark Stadium on January 15, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. | Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images.
Now, if Allen isn’t the most experienced quarterback in the NFL, he certainly is at the top. At the beginning of his career, accuracy and ball feeling were his biggest problems. These have since been remedied. Though his numbers were down slightly from his 2020 Pro Bowl season, when he completed 69.2% of his passes and threw 37 touchdown passes, his 2021 season was still a far cry from his rookie year.
Last year, Allen’s completion percentage dropped to 63.3%, a far cry from his freshman season when he completed 52.8% of his shots. However, in 2021, he still threw for 4,407 yards and 36 touchdowns. He also rushed for a career-high 763 yards and added six more touchdowns on the ground.
There isn’t a quarterback in the league who has the size and skill of Allen. At 6ft 5 and 237 pounds, Allen has the ability to run past or over defenders. His arm strength is among the best quarterbacks in the NFL.
Allen was drafted seventh overall in 2018 and was the third of four quarterbacks to be selected in the top 10. After Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and three picks ahead of Josh Rosen, Allen is the only one still playing for the team that drafted him.
Allen brings hope to a struggling Giants team
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Perhaps the biggest offseason loss for the Bills was not a player but their offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. Daboll helped develop Allen from a raw quarterback to an elite quarterback. The two developed a strong personal relationship alongside their work.
Daboll left the Bills that offseason to become the head coach of the New York Giants, replacing Joe Judge. In an interview with the New York Post, Allen gave Giants fans every reason to be optimistic under their new boss.
“First, he’s real as they come,” Allen said. “He was all over the league. He dated some of the best minds in (Nick) Saban and (Bill) Belichick.
“He has this extreme competitive nature that relates to his team and his lads. And it makes guys want to play for him, it really does. And how he behaves in the building, not taking things too seriously, trying to make things competitive. I think the guys really appreciate that.”
Allen said Daboll is a player-coach and willing to talk football 24 hours a day.
“He’ll be able to get the best out of them,” Allen said. “Like I said, guys want to play for this man. He’s never off – he talks ball, and he thinks ball 24/7. He loves it, he absolutely loves it. He loves having a good time, he loves cracking jokes with the guys in the squad room and on the field. I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
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