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Josh Allen<\/a> doesn\u2019t need to win a Super Bowl to be No. 1.<\/p>\n

The Buffalo Bills’<\/a> franchise player was voted the NFL\u2019s top quarterback by The Associated Press in a preseason survey.<\/p>\n

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