Bill Belichick compares Josh Allen to Tom Brady for very specific reason
FOXBOROUGH, Mass — Josh Allen has shown immense growth since entering the NFL in 2018. And it's something that one coach has noticed. Speaking with reporters ahead of their Week 17 matchup against the Buffalo Bills, Bill Belichick was asked what he's seen from Allen over the years. And the New England Patriots head coach compared […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass — Josh Allen has shown immense growth since entering the NFL in 2018. And it's something that one coach has noticed.
Speaking with reporters ahead of their Week 17 matchup against the Buffalo Bills, Bill Belichick was asked what he's seen from Allen over the years.
And the New England Patriots head coach compared the Bills quarterback to one future Hall of Famer. This is truly the ultimate praise he could give.
“He just kept doing it. It’s kind of like (Tom) Brady,” Belichick said. “Once Brady got to a certain point there in ‘03, that’s pretty much the way it was the rest of his career. Wasn’t really like that in ‘02. Wasn’t like that in ‘01. It certainly wasn’t like that in 2000."
“But once he got to a certain point there — about the midseason of the ‘03 season, and then the playoffs and from then on, his level of performance and play and consistency was at the very top of the league. Different style of play, but once those quarterbacks, usually when they get to that point then they’re able to sustain it. Sometimes you just don’t know what the growth pattern is going to be.”
In Allen's first two seasons, he finished with completion percentages of 52.8 and 58.8 respectively. However, in his third season, it jumped to 69.2 percent, throwing for a career-high 37 touchdowns.
Allen finished second in the NFL’s MVP voting in his third season, similar to Brady who finished third in his third season.
While Belichick has also been very complimentary of Allen in recent years, let's see if he can find a way to stop the quarterback on Sunday.
