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ESPN analyst calls Bills' improbable rally over Ravens Josh Allen's 'best game ever'

According to ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky, Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen has never played a better game in the NFL.
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Bills QB Josh Allen fire off a pass to RB James Cook during the second half of their game against the Baltimore Ravens
Bills QB Josh Allen fire off a pass to RB James Cook during the second half of their game against the Baltimore Ravens | Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen did it all in Sunday night's improbable 41-40 comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens.

He threw for 251 yards, ran for two touchdowns and led the Bills to 22 points. In the fourth quarter.

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In the wake of what is already the leading candidate for the NFL's Game of the Year, Johnson is getting all the accolades. The reigning MVP wowed the national TV audience Sunday night and Monday morning even received a verbal bouquet of flowers from ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky.

"It's the best game I've ever seen Josh Allen play," Orlovsky said on Monday's Get Up!. "Baltimore threw everything they could at him defensively. Zones. Man. Pressure. Drop-out coverage. You want second-reaction plays? He had it. Timing throws. Chunk plays. Checkdowns. Arms. Legs. I mean, some stat lines don't need context. This was big-time, heroic-type stuff."

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The Bills, and Allen, got a couple of assists along the way to their record rally. The Ravens missing an extra point and Allen's fourth-down pass getting tipped directly to a diving Keon Coleman for a touchdown, for example.

But in the end, he was indeed the best player on the field and he reminded America - and Orlovsky - why he's arguably the best player in the league.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen signals against the Baltimore Ravens at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen signals against the Baltimore Ravens at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park | Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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RICHIE WHITT

Richie Whitt has been a sports media fixture in Dallas-Fort Worth since graduating from UT-Arlington in 1986. His career is highlighted by successful stints in print (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Observer), TV (NBC5) and radio (105.3 The Fan). During his almost 40-year tenure, he's blabbed and blogged on events ranging from Super Bowls to NBA Finals to World Series to Stanley Cups to Olympics to Wimbledons to World Cups. Whitt has been covering the NFL since 1989, and in 1993 authored The 'Boys Are Back, a book chronicling the Dallas Cowboys' run to Super Bowl XXVII.

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