2025 Pre-Season Rank #17, 2024 Pre-Season Rank #39, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #69, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #98, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #117.  Peak Period: 2020-24.

Josh Allen has been incredible since he entered the NFL, but like Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, he is a quarterback and will be judged by his Super Bowl appearances and wins.

Allen (for our money) is the most exciting QB in the league, and has done an awful lot with not a lot of weapons or superstar defenders, so he has made himself the ultimate weapon.  He's come close to the Super Bowl, taking Buffalo to two AFC Championship Games, and in 2024 he narrowly beat Jackson for MVP with a 28 TD pass/12 rushing TD year; he also has four other top-five MVP finishes.

Despite being only 30, he set the record for rushing TDs by a Quarterback with 79, and 100 is easily in his grasp. 

Entering 2026, Allen is the leader of a Super Bowl contender and is himself an MVP contender.  Saying that, no matter what he does, he needs that Super Bowl to become a lock.

2024 Pre-Season Rank #110, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #115, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #122, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #127.  Peak Period: 2019-20/22-24

The first season in Minnesota was a success for Aaron Jones, who set a personal best in Rushing Yards (1,138) and had five TDs on the ground to give him an even 50.  His numbers are decent, but he will turn 31 this year.   Nevertheless, Jones keeps cruising along and should break 10,000 Yards from Scrimmage this year.  The Hall of Fame will likely not call, but the Green Bay Packers Hall will.

2024 Pre-Season Rank #78, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #61, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #87, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #121.  Peak Period: 2016-20

The run of Kirk Cousins in Minnesota was underappreciated as he earned three of his four Pro Bowls and 171 Touchdowns in purple.  Cosuins departed to lead Atlanta, who promptly drafted Michael Penix Jr. in the First Round.  The writing was on the wall.

Cousins had his least accurate season as a starter, allowing an NFL-high 16 Interceptions, before he was relieved for Penix.  Cousins begins the season on the bench, and at age 37, his best days are likely done, though his overall numbers (42,979 Yards and 288 TDs) are nothing to be ashamed of, and if he gets significant time, he can break 45,000 Yards and 300 TDs, which is high-end company.

2024 Pre-Season Rank #38, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #48, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #57, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #118.  Peak Period 2019-23

Stefon Diggs joined the 10,000 Yard Receiving Club in 2024 in his lone year in Houston, but a torn ACL held him to eight Games and less than 500 Yards.   Those four consecutive Pro Bowls in Buffalo also came with the benefit of having Josh Allen as the Quarterback.   He now joins the rebuilding New England Patriots, and if healthy, will be a top option.  Diggs will have to compile a lot of Yards to get a Hall of Fame look, and this season will tell if he still has the wheels to make a run.