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Josh Allen doesn't need to win a Super Bowl to be No. 1.
The Buffalo Bills' franchise player was voted the NFL's top quarterback by The Associated Press in a preseason survey.
The 2024 AP NFL Most Valuable Player beat out Patrick Mahomes, who earned the top spot each of the three previous seasons.
Allen received five first-place votes from a panel of eight AP pro football writers, who ranked the top five quarterbacks entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Allen appeared on all eight ballots and also got one second-place vote, one third and one fourth.
Mahomes finished second just ahead of reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford. Lamar Jackson came in fourth and Joe Burrow was fifth.
Reid No. 1 coach
Big Red is No. 1 again.
Andy Reid was voted the NFL's No. 1 coach by The Associated Press in a preseason survey for the fourth straight year.
Despite coming off his first losing season in Kansas City, Reid remains the standard for coaches.
A panel of eight AP pro football writers ranked the top five coaches entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Reid, who has three Super Bowl rings and leads both Kansas City and Philadelphia in all-time wins, received five first-place votes and one second. He was left off two ballots.
Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay got the other three first-place votes and finished second. Seattle's Mike Macdonald, who led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl title last season, finished third. San Francisco's Kyle Shanahan placed fourth and Denver's Sean Payton came in fifth.
Nick Sirianni, John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Vrabel and Ben Johnson also received votes.
Packers sign LB
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers signed linebacker Isaiah McDuffie to a contract extension.
The extension was announced by general manager Brian Gutekunst on Monday.
McDuffie, a sixth-year player from Boston College, was a sixth-round pick by the Packers in 2021.