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NFL Week 6 Star Power Index Josh Allen o

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    We are through six weeks of the NFL season, and the action has been historically competitive: 32 games have occurred in which a team came back to win or tie after trailing in the fourth quarter, tied with 1989 (32) for the most such games through Week 6 in NFL history. We witne sed some star performances from around the league and some big stars not shining as brightly as usual -- both swinging the outcomes in what has started out as the NFL's most competitive season yet.Welcome to Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn't nece sarily a good thing -- it simply means you're capturing the NFL world's attention. This is also not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order. This column will run every week throughout the National Football League season. BUF QB #17 CMP%66.9YDs1980TD17INT4YD/Att8.28 All William Carrier Jersey week and all game long, vs was billed as the , the new vs . Allen played up to expectations Sunday, throwing for 329 pa sing yards and three touchdowns. His final scoring strike, a 14-yard touchdown to tight end , capped an epic 12-play, 76-yard march that left Mahomes and the with only 1:04 left in regulation.While there's no debate about who has the better trophy case through their first four seasons as starter between Mahomes and Allen, at this moment Allen is . Sunday was Allen's ninth career game with more than 300 pa sing yards, more than three pa sing touchdowns and no interceptions -- all in the past three seasons. Nine is the most such games in that span, with Mahomes trailing by two games with seven. The former Wyoming Cowboy also equaled a franchise record as he totaled his 12th career game with over 300 yards and three pa sing touchdowns, tied for the most along with Hall of Famer Jim Kelly. Allen also hurdled a Chiefs defender with ease, plowing ahead for additional yardage before being shoved out of bounds. That level of athleticism combined with his arm talent equals a nearly unstoppable offense. This angle of Josh Garret Sparks Kids Jersey Allen's hurdle : CBS Sports (@CBSSports) Po se sing the best record in the AFC at 5-1, and Allen leading the league in pa sing yards (1,980) and co-leading in pa sing touchdowns (17, with Mahomes), Buffalo has to be dreaming about its potential for its first appearance in The Big Game since Kelly led them to four straight appearances 30 years ago. BUF WR #14 TAR65REC49REC YDs656REC TD6FL0 Josh Allen's NFL-high nine games with more than 300 pa sing yards, more than three pa sing touchdowns and no interceptions since 2020 coincide with the Bills' trade to acquire Stefon Diggs. In Allen and Diggs' time together, no receiver has been targeted more, with 395 pa ses going Diggs' way.Stefon Diggs with Bills (since 2020)NFL RankTargets3951stReceptions2792ndReceiving Yards3,4163rdReceiving Touchdowns24T-6thOn Sunday, their connection shined to the tune of 13 targets, 10 receptions, 148 receiving yards and a touchdown. The standout performance marked Diggs' NFL-best fourth game with 100 or more receiving yards and a receiving touchdown this season. The dynamic duo of Allen to Diggs for the lead! | : on CBS: Stream Oscar Dansk Jersey on NFL+ NFL (@NFL) Time and time again, Allen trusted Diggs to haul in contested catches, and even some pa ses that could have been intercepted had a different receiver bobbled Allen's darts in between multiple defenders. Without roaming the Kansas City sideline, the Bills had a decided advantage at wide receiver, and that advantage made all the difference in a game that could decide the AFC's top seed come January. Stefon Diggs winning the GO ball Closes the cushion Avoids with a single jab Gets the DBs hands off with a swipe, swim, & hook Keeps the DBs hands off throughout the route & fights contact Receiver School (@ReceiverSchool) BUF OLB #40 The 33-year-old linebacker is proving Bills general manager Brandon Beane and his front office right so far this season, earning every penny of his six-year, $120 million contract. Miller recorded two of his six sacks (tied for second-most in the NFL) this season in Kansas City against Patrick Mahomes, marking his third game in a row with at least one sack and second game with multiple sacks this season. The 2010's All-Decade Team member also tallied nine quarterback pre sures, the second-most in Week 6, including a final one that forced Mahomes to rush his throw to receiver , which then turned into the game-sealing interception. Buffalo CB Taron Johnson with the game sealing interception off QB Alex Tuch Men Jersey Patrick Mahomes. Justin Time Sports (@JTIMESPORTS) A season ago, Mahomes had time to scan the field and drive the Chiefs into overtime and eventually a win against the Bills. Thanks to Miller, Mahomes' time was cut short Sunday. KC QB #15 CMP%65.9YDs1736TD17INT4YD/Att7.58 What the Bills defense did to Patrick Mahomes was what no other defense could do this entire season: force him into multiple interceptions. All windows into the end zone were closed on his first drive, so he couldn't squeeze a pa s to , and then Von Miller's pre sure caused the game-ending interception. This Kaiir Elam interception on Patrick Mahomes (via ) NFL Rookie Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh) In between the first and last drives of the game, Mahomes' magic was alive and well. He finished Sunday with 338 pa sing yards and two pa sing touchdowns. His first touchdown of the game illustrated his innate ability to wiggle away from defenders and hit his intended targets acro s the field. Outside of his counterpart on the other sideline, Bills quarterback Josh Allen, no one else in the NFL moves with that much fluidity in the pocket. QB Patrick Mahomes completes a pa s to WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, who sheds the tacklers and takes it 42 yards for the touchdown. PAT is good. - 7 - 3 Devon Clements (@DevclemNFL) Mahomes' final pa sing touchdown of the day (168th of his career) pushed him past Hall of Famer Peyton Manning for the third-most in a player's first six seasons. Mahomes now trails only Dan Marino (196 from 1983-1988) and Andrew Luck (171 from 2012-2018). Already with 17 pa sing touchdowns this season, tied for the most in the NFL with Josh Allen, he could have this record all to himself at the end of the year. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love Teemu Pulkkinen Women Jersey like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. 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      April 10, 2023 5:25 AM MDT
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