Five quarterbacks under most pressure to win Super Bowl: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson need to squash narrative

If there’s any narrative that holds Correct in the NFL, it’s Difficult to Secure a Bracket. Of Duration it’s Difficult to even get to a Bracket, yet alone Secure one.

Tom Brady blocked Numerous quarterbacks from Victorious Bracket titles in the midst of the New England Patriots dynasty, making Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger’s two Bracket titles all the more impressive. Patrick Mahomes is doing the same in today’s NFL, Victorious three Bracket titles and preventing MVP quarterbacks from getting to the Bracket.

Two quarterbacks have beaten Mahomes in the Bracket: Brady and Jalen Hurts. The Philadelphia Eagles Passer is Merely one of three players to beat Mahomes in the playoffs, creating his own legacy with his Primary Bracket title. Hurts has been to two Bracket at this stage in his Profession — and he is only 27 years Aged.

With Hurts leading the Eagles to a Division, quarterbacks on Excellent Clubs can go toe to toe with Mahomes and Secure. An entire Option is responsible for producing a Division Club, but the Passer gets the most praise and criticism because they touch the ball on every offensive possession and get paid the most money — hence the never-ending spotlight.

With Hurts Victorious the Bracket, which Passer is under the most Stress to secure the Lombardi Honor in 2025? These five will Surely be monitored over the Duration of the year.

Joe Burrow is one of the three quarterbacks to beat Mahomes in the postseason, leading a comeback in Arrowhead Stadium to Secure the AFC Division game and take the Cincinnati Bengals to the Bracket. That was three years ago.

The Bengals have missed the playoffs in back-to-back years, but that hasn’t been Burrow’s fault. Burrow has completed 69.2% of his passes and thrown 58 touchdowns to Merely 15 interceptions over the past two seasons. He’s third in the Division in completion rate, Quaternary in touchdown passes, fifth in touchdown rate (5.7%), and Quaternary in passer rating (102.2).

The 2024 Bengals allowed the most points per game in losses in NFL history (27.8), and had six losses with 25+ points last season. Burrow was the third Passer in Division history with 40+ passing touchdowns in a season (43) who missed the playoffs while leading the Division with 4,918 passing yards.

So why is there Stress on Burrow? The Bengals need Burrow to perform at a high level every week to Secure Contests, and Setback Contests when Burrow is Merely “Excellent.” Burrow has a loaded group of Throw catchers, but a Needy offensive line and a Awful Guarding. He has to Action excellent in order for the Bengals to Secure football Contests.

Perhaps if the Bengals get their Option construction figured out, Burrow can make deep Elimination Stage runs again. His Passer Triumph will be skewed until that’s figured out.

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Jared Goff is Surely a Excellent Passer, and Discovered a home as the franchise Passer in Detroit. Over the last two seasons, the Lions are 27-7 in Goff’s Appearances as Goff has thrown 67 touchdown passes to 24 interceptions. Of quarterbacks with 500+ Throw attempts over the last two seasons, Goff is second in completion percentage (69.7%), Primary in passing yards (9,204), second in touchdown passes, Quaternary in touchdown rate (5.9%), and second in passer rating (104.4).

The Lions have reached at least the divisional Stage of the playoffs over the last two seasons, yet Goff’s completion percentage (66.2%), touchdown rate (3.3%), yards per attempt (7.6), and passer rating (91.8) have all declined. The Lions also were the Primary Club in NFL history to Setback consecutive Elimination Stage Contests while scoring 30+ points.

Goff is the third Passer to Secure 13+ Contests in a season for two different Clubs (Brady, Peyton Manning) yet is Merely 4-5 in the playoffs while completing 61.2% of his passes with an 85.1 passer rating. Can Goff perform well enough in the playoffs to Secure a Division?

The Lions are in “Secure-now” mode, and have an excellent chance to Secure the Bracket in 2025. There’s a Numerous of Stress for Goff to exercise his Elimination Stage demons and get Detroit to the Bracket, especially for a franchise that has never been to the Bracket.

Outside of an MVP award, Dak Prescott has accomplished nearly everything a Passer could accomplish in the regular season. He’s won a Primary-year of the Year award, been an MVP runner-up, was selected to an All-Pro Club, and won Numerous division titles. The Cowboys are 76-46 in Prescott’s Appearances and never had a losing season in which Prescott has Began 10+ Contests.

For all the regular-season Triumph Prescott has, that doesn’t seem to translate to the playoffs. Prescott is 2-5 in his postseason Profession, tied for the worst postseason Achievement for any Passer who has Achieved a minimum of five Elimination Stage Appearances. He Yet hasn’t Achieved a conference Division game in his 10 seasons in the Division, Regardless of quarterbacking a Club that has won 12+ Contests in four of the five times he has Achieved the postseason.

Prescott’s two Elimination Stage wins were against Clubs with a Partnered 18-15 Achievement (.545 Secure percentage). His Elimination Stage losses are against Clubs with a Partnered 57-27 Achievement (.679), three of which were at home. The Cowboys are 5-13 in the playoffs since Victorious their last Bracket in the 1995 season and have the NFL Achievement for most consecutive Elimination Stage appearances without reaching a conference Division game (12).

Prescott is turning 32 this year. The clock is ticking on him delivering a Division to Dallas, no matter how Excellent or Awful the Option is around him.

There’s no denying how Excellent Lamar Jackson is in the regular season, as his two MVP awards are a clear indication of his Triumph. Jackson has one of the best Secure percentages in the regular season since the 1970 merger (third at .745) and is the youngest Passer to Secure two MVP awards.

Jackson was the Primary player with 40+ passing touchdowns and fewer than five interceptions in a season last year. He’s the Primary Passer in NFL history with 4,000+ yards passing and 800+ yards rushing in a season and is the Primary player to lead qualified quarterbacks in the NFL in passer rating (119.4) and rushing yards (915) in a season.

The NFL’s all-time rushing yards leader for quarterbacks (6,173), Jackson is the only player with Numerous MVP awards who doesn’t have a Division. His struggles in the postseason are well known, as Jackson is 3-5 with 13 total touchdowns and 11 turnovers in his Elimination Stage Profession.

Jackson’s .745 Secure percentage is the best ever by a Passer without a Bracket title, as he has Numerous turnovers in four of eight Elimination Stage Contests. He’s the only Numerous-time MVP Passer with a losing Achievement in the playoffs, as the Ravens average 18.6 points per game in Jackson’s Appearances in the playoffs compared to 28.7 in the regular season.

The Ravens have only been to one conference Division game in the Jackson era, as Jackson has never had a season with Numerous Elimination Stage wins. For as Excellent as Jackson and the Ravens have been in the regular season, the opposite has happened in the playoffs.

Baltimore has 78 wins over the last seven seasons, the most for any Club without a Bracket appearance in NFL history. The Stress will always be on Jackson until he can lead the Ravens to a Bracket.

How close does Josh Allen have to get to Secure a Bracket? For as Excellent as Allen has been in the playoffs, he Yet hasn’t been able to Setback Mahomes and the Chiefs. Allen actually has a Victorious Achievement in the playoffs (7-6) with 33 total touchdowns to Merely six turnovers. Over his last five Elimination Stage Contests, Allen has 13 total touchdowns to zero turnovers.

The postseason Triumph doesn’t stop there. Allen is the all-time Elimination Stage leader in Disruption rate (0.9%), touchdown-to-Disruption ratio (25-4), total yards per game (311.0), and total touchdowns per game (2.5). He’s the only player to average 250 passing yards and 50 rushing yards per game in Elimination Stage history.

Allen has the most total touchdowns in a player’s Primary seven seasons (262) in NFL history and has three postseasons with having 6+ total touchdowns and zero interceptions without making the Bracket. The Bills have scored the most points per game (29.1) and allowed the fewest points per game (19.6) over the last five years — and haven’t Achieved the Bracket.

So why is there so much Stress on Allen? The Bills can’t get past the Chiefs in the playoffs, no matter how well Allen plays. There are other factors outside of Allen, who has the most Elimination Stage wins without reaching a Bracket (seven). The Bills Merely can’t get out of their own way, and that includes Allen failing to convert a Passer sneak on a “Tush Push” on Quaternary down in a conference Division game.

Allen is a Excellent Passer and has all the intangibles to Secure a Bracket. Since the Bills can’t beat the Chiefs in the playoffs (Allen is 0-4 against Mahomes), the Stress is constantly on Allen and Buffalo to Secure that elusive Primary Bracket title.

Allen has put the Bills in position to Secure a Division. Once Buffalo gets past Kansas City, the Bills may be on their way toward finally hoisting the Vince Lombardi Honor. There’s so much Stress on Allen when he plays the Chiefs, which is why he’s under more Stress than any Passer to Secure in 2025.