The are a good football team. I don't need to tell you this. You already know this. After all, the Bills have already clinched a playoff berth. With one regular-season game remaining on the calendar, they're sitting at 10-5 with the league's eighth-best point differential. By DVOA, . Their defense is Even oft-maligned second-year quarterback has shown signs of progre s. You get the point. The Bills are good. But if the Bills are going to do more than merely make an appearance in the postseason -- if they're going to win their first playoff game since 1995 -- they need more from Allen. They don't need more spectacular plays from their strong-armed, athletic quarterback. They get enough of those. They need fewer negative plays. Put another way, they need more consistency out of him come January. What makes Allen such a tantalizing player is that he's capable of making the kind of jaw-dropping plays we a sociate with someone like . What makes Allen such a frustrating player is that in between those jaw-dropping plays, which he can make as both a pa ser and a runner, he makes the kind of mistakes that we a sociate with someone like, Bradley Pinion Jersey say, . The full spectrum of Josh Allen was on display this past weekend. In their seven-point lo s to the , which marks the second time this season the Bills have hung tight with the Patriots but have ultimately come up a buck short, Allen completed 13 of his 26 pa s attempts for 208 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 102.7 pa ser rating. Against the league's best defense, that's a strong statistical performance -- or at the very least, better than most of us a sumed he'd manage. But again, the game was a microcosm of the Josh Allen experience. On a throw to throw basis, he was mostly either great or bad. There was rarely a middle ground.There was lots of bad -- everything he did Jimmie Ward Jersey in the first half until the final moments. His mi s to a wide-open on a short-range throw that would've given the Bills a third-down conversion in a key area of the field stands out, because it's a glaring mi s. The switch flipped late in the half when Allen dropped a 33-yard perfectly weighted dime into hands to set up the Bills for their first touchdown. It's as perfect as a throw can get. But early in third quarter, Allen mi sed what very well could've been a huge touchdown and definitely would've been a third-down conversion. He had running over the middle with all defenders Brown was open from the get-go. But from the onset of the play, Allen locked onto Cole Beasley at the bottom of the screen. He did not throw the ball to Brown. In case it wasn't already clear how open Brown was: On the next po se sion, Allen made one of the best throws of the season -- it was Mahomes-esque -- for a go-ahead 53-yard touchdown. It was out of this world, the kind of throw that doesn't seem like it should be within the range of po sibilities for a human being. But Allen still had one final mistake in him. With a chance to tie the game in the final moments, Allen had Knox open for a touchdown on second-and-goal. He sailed the throw. On third-and-goal, Allen took a sack. On fourth-and-goal, he was forced to throw up a prayer. It fell incomplete. The Bills lost. Because of how close the Bills came to beating the Patriots (or at least forcing overtime), the main takeaway from the game was that the Bills are going to be a tough out in the playoffs and very well might manage to win a playoff game. It's entirely true. I'm not refuting any of that. But the key in all of this remains Allen. We know the Bills' defense is good. But Allen Trent Taylor Jersey (who, again, has improved this season!) is the unknown. The thing is, the Bills don't need Allen to be Superman. They just need him to be more consistent. They need to eliminate some of those ugly plays. The good news for the Bills is that Allen has already managed to eliminate some of the ugly. Since his three-interception debacle against the Patriots in Week 4, Allen has thrown only three interceptions in 11 games. Now what they need him to do is eliminate the negative plays that don't end in turnovers, but can be characterized as mi sed opportunities. Whether he can do that remains to be seen. But if he can, the Bills will likely snap their playoff losing streak -- this year or in the wars to come. In this week's edition of quarterback power rankings, Allen remains in the middle of the pack, which to be completely honest, is far higher than I ever thought he'd get this season. Before we get to the full rankings, a reminder of the rules: One quarterback per team. Whichever quarterback started in Week 16 will be the quarterback selected.Recent succe s matters more than past succe s. These are power rankings. That's why you won't see , the greatest quarterback of all time, at No. 1. We're valuing performances this season more than performances in previous seasons. We're valuing performances last week more than performances four weeks ago. As a result, don't be surprised if the rankings fluctuate in a major way each week.But reputation and history do matter, because they're tools we're using to predict future succe s. All-time greats get a bit of a boost.There's more to the rankings than wins and lo ses. Wins are not a quarterback stat. While we're definitely taking into account wins and lo ses, it's not the only thing that matters. You'll see a ton of other stats listed -- like DYAR, DVOA, total QBR, and completion percentage above expectation Jerry Rice Jersey . For an explainer on those stats, and . Yes, the eye test matters too. Onto the rankings. QB Rankings Week 17 1 Baltimore Ravens QB The board, the lightning, the thunder (to quote the great Lana Del Rey), what more is there to say about the league's MVP? Against the , he added 238 pa sing yards, 103 rushing yards, and three more touchdowns to his totals. It was remarkable how quickly he flipped the game on its head late in the first half, leading two scoring drives that totaled 138 yards and 14 points in only 78 seconds. Catch the wave and take in the sweetne s. Last week: 1 2 Kansas City Chiefs QB If the weren't inept offensively and had been able to keep pace with the ' offense, Mahomes likely would've done more damage instead of salting the game away in the second half. But Mahomes was brilliant, per usual, against one of the league's top defenses. After a rough stretch, by his standards, after coming back from his injury, he appears to be fully back. The rest of the AFC playoff field should be terrified. Last week: 2 3 Drew Brees New Orleans Saints QB Last season, Brees faded down the stretch. This year, he's peaking Tom Rathman Jersey with 22 touchdowns and two interceptions in the eight games since he returned from his thumb injury. Maybe that injury was actually a ble sing in disguise, because he doesn't appear to be wearin