NFL 2018: Ranking the new QB situations for 2018 season

#7 Josh Allen/Nathan Peterman, Buffalo Bills (1-3)

Buffalo Bills had one of the strangest QB competition in NFL this offseason. They had three quarterbacks in the battle for the starting spot during the training camp. All thought that it would be AJ McCarron but instead as the preseason approached McCarron became third stringer and expendable, thus his trade to Raiders.

The Bill surprisingly announced Nathan Peterman over the rookie Josh Allen as the starter for week 1, but Peterman repeated his first start performance from last year when he threw for 5 picks. He threw 2 picks and scored nothing, which led for the rookie Josh Allen to take the reigns.

Allen in his three starts the next three weeks, completed only 53.4% of passes throwing just two touchdowns with four picks. His best game came in week 3 when the Buffalo Bills stunned the world by beating the Minnesota Vikings. Allen had three total TDs, 2 of them coming on the ground, showing off his athleticism in that game. But, he came back to earth in week 4, throwing 2 picks against an average Packers defense.

Allen, as expected, is raw and playing like a typical rookie. In an ideal scenario, he could use a redshirt season before taking over the reigns like Patrick Mahomes, but he did not have the luxury of learning under someone like Alex Smith, instead, the situation has thrust him into starting role early. He is going to have some growing pains but if week 3 is any indication he is going to be big in long term.