Only two times in the history of the NFL has an NFL MVP award gone to a player whose team didn’t make the playoffs. In 1967, the Baltimore Colts’ Johnny Unitas won it, and in 1973 the Buffalo Bills’ OJ Simpson took home the award.
If the Bills lose to the Dolphins on Sunday night, the Jacksonville Jaguars win — joining the victorious Pittsburgh Steelers — and Buffalo finds themselves watching the playoffs from home, you can essentially count out Josh Allen for NFL MVP.
But the truth is that even if the Bills win their fourth-consecutive AFC East title, Allen still isn’t likely to win the award.