Josh Allen Making Outrageous Super Bowl Claim Doesn’t Sit Well with Coach Mangini

Josh Allen has suffered heartbreak twice at the AFC Championship game stage, now he wants to get past that and win a Super Bowl for the Bills.

Josh Allen Making Outrageous Super Bowl Claim Doesn’t Sit Well with Coach Mangini

Josh Allen and Eric Mangini (Image via IMAGO/X)

The Josh Allen era is undeniably the Buffalo Bills’ most successful period since the days of Jim Kelly, when the club from the Meadowlands reached four straight Super Bowls. The only area in which Allen lags behind Kelly is that he has yet to play in the big game.

Speaking with Tyler Dunne of the Buffalo media, Allen proclaimed that he wants to win a ring in 2026 season. It will be a great moment for a city that has been deprived of major silverware for a very long time. Unless one counts Lacross as a “Big Four” sporting spectacle, no Buffalo-based team has won a major championship since the Bills won consecutive AFL titles in 1964 and 1965.

It’s a noble goal for Allen, for sure, but former NFL head coach Eric Mangini noted that it won’t be easy for the Bills to win a Super Bowl. In the latest episode of First Things First on FS1, Mangini pointed out that the Bills blew their chance last year when the playoffs did not include Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, or Joe Burrow.

Moreover, the NFC teams are no longer a step behind the AFC clubs. In fact, Mangini believes the NFC is the stronger conference, given that the Philadelphia Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks have won the last two Super Bowls.

Ironically, the Eagles and the Seahawks aren’t even the favorites to win the 2026-27 final. It’s the Los Angeles Rams who boast both the reigning league MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year.

Allen has every right to set his bars high. Barring last season, he led the Bills to five consecutive AFC East titles, three Divisional rounds, and a couple of AFC Championship appearances. The Bills haven’t registered a losing season in seven years.

Despite the Bills’ recent success, the Super Bowl remains ever elusive. Mangini urges Allen to first qualify for it and then think about winning it.

It’s a little bit self-aggrandizing, isn’t it… Look, I think the first step is getting to the Super Bowl, like that might be a nice step. It’s gotten a lot harder, now that the New England Patriots are totally different franchise, so that’s problematic. You had the opportunity last year with no Lamar, not Joe Burrow, no Patrick Mahomes, you had that. And even if you get there, you got all the problems of the NFC—arguably the stronger conference. So, let’s take the first step… Getting to the Super Bowl.

Eric Mangini said

According to FOX Sports, the Bills, at +1000, boast the third-best odds to win the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium next February, behind the Rams and the Baltimore Ravens.

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Since the Bills shocked the football world by selecting Wyoming alum Josh Allen eighth overall in 2018, he has accumulated four Pro Bowls, a couple of All-Pro honors, and the AP named him the league’s best player in 2024-25.

Josh Allen Making Outrageous Super Bowl Claim Doesn't Sit Well With Coach Mangini
Josh Allen (Image via IMAGO)

Allen is widely considered a mobile quarterback. Last year, he surpassed Cam Newton’s rushing TD record. That doesn’t mean his passing TD count doesn’t meet the standards. In fact, he has thrown 220 TDs over the course of eight seasons (301 in total in the regular season, which includes 220 passing + 79 rushing + 2 receiving TDs).

Currently, Tom Brady with 677 TDs (649 passing + 28 rushing) leads the charts, a whopping 78 more than the next best Drew Brees. For Allen to break Brady’s record, he has to score 377 more touchdowns (in the regular season).

According to Chris Trapasso of Buffalo Rumblings, Allen currently averages a jaw-dropping 2.35 touchdowns per game. If he continues to score with the same intensity, he will surpass Brady by 2031, at the age of 35 (assuming he doesn’t miss a single game). It’s easier said than done, but the way Allen plays ball, he’s more than capable of catching up to Brady.

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