{"id":206827,"date":"2025-07-14T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206827\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:43:10","slug":"nfl-head-coaches-executives-rank-josh-allen-above-lamar-jackson-in-quarterback-ranking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206827\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL head coaches, executives rank Josh Allen above Lamar Jackson in quarterback ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45530940\/top-10-nfl-quarterbacks-execs-scouts-2025-espn-jeremy-fowler-position-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN&#039;s Jeremy Fowler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler<\/a> has been releasing a series of position rankings put together through a poll of NFL coaches and executives. The quarterback rankings were released Monday, and many were surprised to see what the top five looked like.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Mahomes was ranked No. 1 to the surprise of no one. Quarterbacks 2-4 were what everyone was curious to see. To the delight of Buffalo Bills fans, Josh Allen was ranked No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Allen&#8217;s standing in our top 10 series has been a journey &#8212; and a point of contention in Buffalo,&#8221; Fowler writes. &#8220;Since the series started in 2020 until 2023, Allen&#8217;s place in the quarterback pantheon was universally celebrated among voters inside the league and highlighted in this piece annually. He became, unquestionably, a top-shelf quarterback in the league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One NFC executive tells Fowler that Allen has passed every test.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s done everything,&#8221; the executive told Fowler. &#8220;He&#8217;s answered every test. He makes less mistakes and takes care of the ball. Only thing left to do is win it all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jackson came two spots later at No. 4 after Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was ranked No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It appears that NFL personnel are saying what I&#8217;ve been saying forever &#8211; it&#8217;s Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and then everyone else.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vakw2IH60eBZ4UO1Iz1b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to bookmark Buffalo Bills on The Sporting News for all the latest news, interviews, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler has been releasing a series of position rankings put together through a poll of NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,6388,1577,872,6,499,1257],"class_list":{"0":"post-206827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jeremy-fowler","14":"tag-joe-burrow","15":"tag-josh-allen","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patrick-mahomes","18":"tag-quarterback"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114852594088206249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}