PFF offers one big takeaways from Bills QB Josh Allen in NFL annual

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Pro Football Focus put together their 2026 PFF Annual report, revealing 10 big NFL takeaways from across the league heading into next season.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen makes an appearance.

Specifically, Allen's known ability in western New York to make something out of nothing is referenced. PFF notes that "Allen and the Bills turned average throws into exceptional value" once again last year.

PFF breaking revealing exactly how Allen managed to do that can be found below:

As we mentioned above, the PFF grading scale runs from −2 to +2 in 0.5-point increments, and a zero grade represents an expected NFL pass.

On 335 zero-graded throws, the Bills quarterback averaged 0.173 EPA per attempt and 6.59 yards per attempt, both the best marks among qualifying starters. Jared Goff ranked second in EPA per attempt on those throws at 0.090, while Davis Mills (-0.391), Joe Flacco (-0.273) and Spencer Rattler (-0.252) occupied the bottom of the pool.

The historical context matters, too. Since 2006, the quarterbacks near the top of the yards-per-attempt leaderboard on zero-graded throws have often been attached to elite offensive ecosystems: Goff in Ben Johnson’s 2024 Lions offense (6.94), Matt Ryan in Kyle Shanahan’s 2016 Falcons offense (6.74) and Jimmy Garoppolo in Shanahan’s 2021 49ers offense (6.71). Allen’s 6.59 mark belongs in that same conversation.

That does not diminish his season. It frames it properly. Allen still had to operate the offense, distribute accurately and avoid turning neutral plays into negative ones. But the Bills’ infrastructure also deserves credit. Their 2025 offense consistently turned ordinary throws into efficient production, giving Allen one of the most favorable environments of the PFF era.

This article originally appeared on Bills Wire: PFF offers one big takeaways from Bills QB Josh Allen in NFL annual

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