IS JOSH ALLEN’S SUPER BOWL WINDOW CLOSING?

Is Josh Allen’s Super Bowl window starting to close?

He’ll be 30 next season, so yes, he’s still in his prime. But the bigger question is: for how much longer? Allen doesn’t play the quarterback position like most quarterbacks. He plays it like a fullback who happens to be a quarterback. He’s freakishly built, bigger than the average QB, and he’s tough, but even the strongest bodies can only take so much punishment over time in the NFL. The hits add up. The wear and tear eventually shows up.

That’s why this season felt like it was supposed to be the season for Buffalo. The stars aligned. Mahomes, Burrow, and other top-tier AFC quarterbacks weren’t even in the playoff picture, and that’s not something you can count on happening again. Now the Bills are heading into the same problem that’s hanging over Kansas City and Cincinnati: when you pay your quarterback mega money, you sacrifice other areas of your roster.

Meanwhile, the AFC isn’t getting easier. It’s reloading. Teams like New England with Drake Maye, Denver with Bo Nix, and the Chargers with Justin Herbert are positioned to become the “new” wave of contenders, also the NFL always has that one team that becomes sudden contenders when it finds the right guy under center, and that team could be Las Vegas if Mendoza is as good as everyone thinks he will be.

So no, the window isn’t completely slammed shut. Not yet. But games like yesterday, when your franchise All-World quarterback commits four turnovers, the question has to be asked.

Josh Allen is still elite. The Bills are still a solid team. But that combination of age, mileage, cap reality, and a conference full of young arms rising up fast? That’s how a window starts closing, and fast.