The 2024 season promises to be a unique challenge for Josh Allen as he leads a new-look Buffalo Bills squad.
The latest: Several key veterans, including receivers Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis, are no longer with the team. Buffalo didn't make any splashy moves to fill Diggs' role, meaning Allen will have to coach up a group that isn't getting much love ahead of the campaign.
Check out our Allen NFL futures odds and analysis ahead of the 2024 season.
Allen NFL futures odds
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| Betting markets | Betting odds |
| Over 3,700.5 passing yards | -125 |
| Under 3,700.5 passing yards | +101 |
| Over 25.5 passing touchdowns | -112 |
| Under 25.5 passing touchdowns | -112 |
| Over 475.5 rushing yards | -124 |
| Under 475.5 rushing yards | +100 |
| Over 9.5 rushing touchdowns | +120 |
| Under 9.5 rushing touchdowns | -150 |
NFL odds as of 12:40 p.m. ET on 08/14/2024.
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Taking the over on all of Allen's props listed above could be very tempting.
The Bills quarterback, after all, cashed the over on each market listed above a season ago. He finished the 2023 campaign with 4,306 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns, 524 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.
He motored past all of the above lines, to be frank, which is nothing new for the two-time Pro Bowler.
Allen has usurped the over on all of the above lines each of the last three years, excluding rushing touchdowns in 2021 and 2022.
Those taking a bear approach on Allen, however, will point to two obvious tension points.
The first is the loss of Diggs. There's no doubt that the addition of Diggs helped take Allen to new heights.
After all, Allen was named the Pro Football Writers' Most Improved Player in Diggs' first year with the team.
Secondly, there's always heightened injury worry with Allen.
The 6-foot-5, 240-pound QB is difficult for defenders to wrap up. But Allen's willingness to run exposes him to more contact than other QBs which increases his likeliehood of getting hurt.
The latter hasn't been an issue to this point of his career, though, as Allen has started 16-plus games in every season for Buffalo since 2019.
Allen MVP odds
Allen is among the top contenders for MVP once again in 2024.
The quarterback is still searching for his first award. He's knocked on the door several times, finishing second in MVP voting in 2020 and third each of the last two seasons.
It's hard to deny that Allen is one of the best dual-threat talents the league has ever seen. Since entering the NFL he's second among all QBs in rushing yards (3,611) and first in rushing touchdowns (53), according to Statmuse.
He's been equally as prolific through the air, too. Allen ranks sixth in passing yards (22,703) and fourth in passing touchdowns (167) during the same stretch.
Josh Allen top prop bet
Best Bet: Allen to win MVP (+900)
This continues to be the wager bettors should be making on Allen.
His mobility and elite arm talent make him a threat every single season to win this award, but the Buffalo QB has an especially compelling case in 2024.
The losses of Diggs and Davis are perceived knocks to Buffalo's offence. The two were the team's top wide receivers and the squad, on paper, has done little to replace them.
Curtis Samuel was acquired in free agency and Keon Coleman was selected in the second round, but neither profiles as a one-for-one Diggs replacement.
If Buffalo's offence can maintain its elite production in 2024, there's no question that Allen is going to receive a ton of credit and recognition from voters.
Unlike in previous seasons, there's no All-Pro wide receiver in the mix. Allen is working with an inexperienced bunch that he'll have to prop up.
Allen enters this season with his worst supporting cast in years, but this is his best opportunity yet to silence critics and show just how valuable he is.
NFL pick made at 12:40 p.m. on 08/14/24.
