The Bills don’t have any problem letting Josh Allen put on the superhero cape and make some incredible plays. But there’s often some collateral damage that can come when he tries to be the hero.
Only Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has more touchdown passes in 2023 than Josh Allen. Only Sam Howell has more interceptions. Only Prescott has more big-time throws per PFF. He also ranks tied for 16th in turnover-worthy plays.
During Allen’s career, the amazing has almost always come with the mistakes. He cut down on the interceptions in 2020, when he threw only 10 in 16 games, but he has since surpassed that total in every season, including already in 2023 despite having played in four fewer games.
This season, Allen’s interceptions haven’t come in bunches. But rather it’s just been a steady flow of picks. Outside of Week 2 against the Raiders and Week 4 against the Dolphins, Allen has thrown at least one interception in each contest. That has included a now-lengthy streak of picks.
Allen threw an interception early in the fourth quarter against the Jaguars in Week 5. Since then, he’s logged an interception in every game.
He has thrown at least one interception, including a pair of picks in a loss to the Broncos in Week 10, in eight consecutive games.
Allen’s eight-game interception streak is the longest since Baker Mayfield had an eight-game pick streak from Nov. 24, 2019, through Sept. 17, 2020, according to Stathead. Should Allen throw an interception against the Chiefs, he’d move to a nine-game streak, the longest since Peyton Manning threw nine straight from Sept. 13, 2015, through Nov. 15, 2015.
It might feel like eight games with an interception is a long stretch. But in the history of the NFL, it’s not even halfway to the record.
