Lamar Jackson vs. Josh Allen won’t decide the NFL MVP next week. The stakes are higher with a spot in the AFC championship game on the line. Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens (13-5) will visit Allen and the Buffalo Bills (14-4) in the divisional round while Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (15-2) will host C.

On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Bills systematically defeated the upstart Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. The Bills were so demonstratively better than the Broncos that it gave everyone plenty of time to start pondering an MVP matchup between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, the two premier players in pro football this season.

Over the course of his Hall of Fame career, Steve Young became known as one of the best running quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL, as he retired following the 1999 season second all-time in rushing yards by a signal caller behind only Randall Cunningham.