Bills’ Josh Allen, Cowboys’ Dak Prescott are most betrayed QBs in NFL

Billy Heyen

•
Bills’ Josh Allen, Cowboys’ Dak Prescott are most betrayed QBs in NFL image

Josh Allen and Dak Prescott are doing their parts.

The rest of the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys? Not so much.

That's what the Betrayal Index, put together by The Athletic's Mike Sando, reveals.

The two league leaders, the most betrayed quarterbacks in football, are Allen and Prescott.

Sando explains below, with EPA standing for expected points added:

"Allen tops the 2025 Betrayal Index after carrying Buffalo to a 44-32 victory over the Buccaneers. He ranks first among 30 qualifying quarterbacks in EPA per start (9.4). But the support provided by his defense and special teams (-2.9 EPA per start) is only 25th-best in relation to how the corresponding units have produced for the other 29 QBs with at least six starts this season.

"The gap between those disparate rankings ties Allen with Dallas’ Dak Prescott as the most betrayed QB in the league this season. Both are generally producing at high levels but having a harder time winning for reasons beyond their direct control."

MORE: The coin toss reveals everything about whether the Panthers will win or lose

Allen ranks as the No. 1 QB in the NFL by EPA, and his defense special teams is 25th.

Prescott ranks as the 6th quarterback, with his D/ST 30th.

Generally in this stat, better QBs will rank at this end of the chart, because just by virtue of being a super high-ranking quarterback means the defense and special teams would have to be quite exceptional to keep up.

But it's still not a great sign.

"This wasn't the plan in Buffalo," Sando writes. "Defensive-minded head coaches generally want to win with a strong run game and defense, limiting exposure to turnovers."

Instead, the Bills' wins have involved Allen being Superman. The Cowboys have had to rely on Prescott to nearly that level at times, too.

Et tu, Brute?

More NFL news:

Senior Editor