Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Tua, More Voted NFL's Most Overrated QB in Player Survey

Buffalo Bills superstar Josh Allen was chosen as the most overrated quarterback in the league as part of an anonymous survey of 103 NFL players on Tuesday.

In the survey conducted by ESPN, 11 players voted Allen as the most overrated QB, placing him just ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts and Miami Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa who garnered 10 votes apiece.

One NFC West player who voted for Allen pointed to ball security as their reason, saying: "Too many turnovers."

Per ESPN, Allen has the most total turnovers in the NFL since he entered the league in 2018 with 102, however, his 221 combined passing, rushing and receiving touchdowns during that same timeframe are second in the league behind only Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes' 231.

The No. 7 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft out of Wyoming, Allen has exceeded all expectations in the NFL, establishing himself as one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in NFL history.

In addition to his passing prowess, he has averaged nearly 602 rushing yards per season and his 53 career rushing touchdowns are already the second-most in NFL history by a quarterback behind only Cam Newton's 75.

Allen has totaled 40 or more touchdowns in four consecutive seasons, making him the first player in NFL history of accomplish that feat.

Last season was also his fourth in a row with over 4,000 passing yards, but his streak of three consecutive seasons of 30 or more passing touchdowns ended, as he threw for 29 scores, although he set a new personal best with 15 rushing scores.

Allen also had a career-high 18 interceptions, marking the fourth straight year he has thrown double-digit picks.

It is a valid criticism that Allen throws too many interceptions, as he has thrown 78 in 94 career regular-season games, but it shouldn't be ignored that the two-time Pro Bowler cleans up his game significantly come playoff time.

In fact, Allen is one of the greatest playoff performers of all time, completing 64.6 percent of his passes for 2,723 yards, 21 touchdowns and four interceptions, while also rushing for 563 yards and five scores in 10 games.

At 100.0, Allen has the seventh-best passer rating in NFL playoff history, and that is despite the fact that he has yet to reach a Super Bowl.

The Bills' inability to make it to the big game often leads to outside criticism of Allen, but the reality is that he consistently performs well on the postseason stage and has been let down by coaching and defense in multiple close playoff losses to Mahomes and the Chiefs.

Perhaps the biggest argument against Allen being overrated is the fact that he produces at such a high clip despite being only the 13th-highest-paid quarterback in the league in terms of average annual contract value.

By comparison, Hurts is eighth on that list and Tagovailoa is fourth after recently signing a four-year, $212.4 million extension with the Dolphins.

Tagovailoa has helped the Dolphins reach the playoffs in back-to-back seasons, but he is 1-6 in his career against Allen and the Bills, who have won four consecutive AFC East titles.

Tua is coming off the best season of his career, though, as he led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards and was named a Pro Bowler for the first time.

As for Hurts, he is just two seasons removed from leading the Eagles to a Super Bowl appearance and finished second in the NFL MVP voting.

Like Allen, he is a top dual-threat quarterback with double-digit rushing touchdowns in three straight seasons, although many see him as the beneficiary of the "Tush Push."

Hurts threw a career-high 15 interceptions last season compared to just 23 touchdown passes, which seemingly soured the opinion of many.

Proving how subjective the poll is, Hurts and Tagovailoa received four votes each for most underrated quarterback, which tied them for eighth, while Allen received the fourth-most points in the vote for the top three quarterbacks in the NFL behind only Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow.