Tennessee Titans QB comparison: Ryan Tannehill versus Josh Allen

Josh Allen #17, Buffalo Bills (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Josh Allen #17, Buffalo Bills (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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Josh Allen #17, Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen #17, Buffalo Bills (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

How does the Tennessee Titans quarterback stack up versus the potential MVP?

Career starts and wins/loss record (Career):

  • Ryan Tannehill: 121 games, 119 starts (regular season), 4 games, 4 starts (postseason), 65-58 overall record (regular and postseason)
  • Josh Allen: 49 games, 48 starts (regular season), 4 games, 4 starts (postseason), 34-18 overall (regular and postseason)

Completions/attempts/yardage (2021/Career):

  • Ryan Tannehill: 110/173 for 1,251 yards (2021) 2.455/3,851 for 28,246 yards (career/regular season)
  • Josh Allen: 114/183 for 1,370 yards (2021), 950/1,536 for 11,077 yards (career/regular season)

Rushing attempts/yardage/TDs:

  • Ryan Tannehill: 366 rushing attempts for 1,832 yards with 19 rushing TDs (regular and postseason/career)
  • Josh Allen: 369 attempts for 1,987 yards with 28 touchdowns (regular and postseason/career)

Touchdown-to-interception ratio (2021/Career):

  • Ryan Tannehill: 6 touchdowns versus 3 interceptions (2021) 184 touchdowns versus 91 interceptions (regular season career) 6 touchdowns versus 2 interceptions (postseason career)
  • Josh Allen: 12 touchdowns versus 2 interceptions (2021) 79 touchdowns versus 33 interceptions (regular season career) 5 touchdowns versus 1 interception (postseason career)

Passer rating/Total QBR (2021/Career):

  • Ryan Tannehill passer rating: 89.5 (2021), 91.9 (career) QBR: 54.5 (2021)
  • Josh Allen passer rating: 102.5 (2021), 91.9 (career) QBR: 65.2 (2021)

Note: Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. These two have an identical career passer rating. Allen has the better arm and more physical talent clearly, but seeing as how Tannehill spent a lot of time on some bad Miami Dolphins teams, this makes you wonder how good he may have been had he played on better rosters.

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