NFL MVP Race Pits QBs Like Bills Josh Allen vs. Saquon Barkley.

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Josh Allen’s hold on the MVP race is diminishing by the game to this point.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has been the favorite for the league MVP for the better part of the last two months.

For good reason as well.

Allen has been a driving force to Buffalo’s 9-2 start this season.

He’s recorded 23 total touchdowns, just five interceptions.

and over 2,800 total yards for the AFC East leaders.

But as successful and dominant as Allen has been in Buffalo this season.

his work over the last few weeks pales in comparison to what is happening with Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles.

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At first glance, it’s hard for anyone to see a running back like Barkley becoming the league’s MVP due to the modern changes in voting that have taken place in the last two decades.

Since Adrian Peterson won the award in 2012, no running back has beaten out a quarterback for the award.

But the work Barkley has done in the last six weeks alone is enough to show that perhaps 2024 could be different.

and Allen’s hold on the MVP trophy may be slipping.

Take Sunday night’s blowout win for Philadelphia as the latest example.

Barkley recorded 255 rushing yards – a franchise record – over 300 yards from scrimmage.

and two touchdowns. He leads the league in almost every major rushing statistic and is on pace for a 2,000-yard season.

Sure, the last 2,000-yard rusher did not win the MVP award (Derrick Henry in 2020). With Barkley rushing behind Philadelphia’s dominant offensive line, though. there’s a good chance that he could even come close to breaking Eric Dickerson’s historic 2,105 yards set in 1984.

The fact that a running back is nearing things marks is incredible.

It’s quite literally taking away from how good Allen has been for Buffalo.

After all, the Bills can clinch the AFC East before December – easily the earliest a team can clinch this year.

The league’s MVP award may be a quarterback award after a decade-long run.

but it is clear that Barkley’s dominance for Philadelphia is beginning to overshadow even the strong play of Allen.

And it might just be enough at the end of the day to win it.