Yes, Josh Allen did not have a "playoff caliber" team around him his
rookie year. He did every other year of his career, and especially starting 2020 when the traded for Diggs.
A lot of people around the league were saying the Chiefs were a diminished team when Treek Hill left. Baloney. They have now won two SB's without him, and today have a sad sack group of below average WR's around him. BTW, Kelce was on the team for FIVE YEARS when Smith was QB....not even close to a SB.
No Mahomes...no SB. Mahomes...multiple SB's.
In any event, I presented FACTS about Reid and Mahomes.
The same facts exist for multiple Super Bowl winning coaches. They almost all (Joe Gibbs is the anomaly) won when they had elite QB's, and
did not win then they did not have one.
There are only 14 NFL head coaches that have one more than one SB....
*Phil Simms was the QB that got the 1990 NY Giants to the Super Bowl. He was injured in week #15.
NO NFL HC has ever won a Super Bowl with two different teams.
TWO QB's HAVE. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Two other QB's started a Super Bowls for two different teams...Kurt Warner (won one) and Craig Morton (did not win any as starter).
The
anomaly of a HC winning SB's with multiple QB's (two of which were not elite and journeymen) is Joe Gibbs. Notably, those SB wins were before the salary cap era and especially the myriad of rules changes to protect the QB, and exponentially increase the importance of the passing game.
Great QB"s MAKE great coaches.
The most stunning example of that is Bill Belichick. No Brady, not even close to a SB. Brady goes to another team, and he makes long time coach Bruce Arians (FORTY SIX YEARS in coaching at all levels including NINE different NFL franchises for 28 years, including eight years as HC for two different NFL teams) look like a great HC by winning a Super Bowl...the only SB title he ever got.
No Brady....NO SB for Belichick
No Brady...NO SB for Arians.
No Patrick Mahomes....NO SB for Reid.
I am not saying that a good head coach is not necessary to win a SB. But if I were to dole out the degree of importance, my opinion for SB success is 75% QB...25% coach.
Josh Allen has
at least 10 more years to prove that he is one of those QB's and I predict he WILL win multiple Super Bowls with the Bills and McD as HC. And JOSH will be the reason why.