The Josh Allen versus Lamar Jackson showdown is being labeled the best divisional round game of the NFL playoffs and will decide if the Buffalo Bills or Baltimore Ravens advance to the AFC championship game. It won't help determine who wins the NFL MVP.

Kenico Hines might be the key to making Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens comfortable in the hostile playoff environment of Western New York in Sunday's divisional playoff game with the Buffalo Bills.

Ed Reed on Lamar Jackson: “His patience, pocket presence has went up tremendously...He's not just escaping the pocket running all the time. He's extending the pocket more. Extending that pocket is something that defenses don't always practice for." pic.twitter.com/lgOEU4LVYE

Part of the excitement of this matchup will be the MVP debate. Both are very deserving. Consider there's been three instances in NFL history of a player with 40+ total touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards and fewer than seven interceptions in a season.

Two rare quarterbacks will star in a rare event when Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens face Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills in Sunday night’s AFC Divisional Round game.

Congratulations to Lamar Jackson, whose season officially begins now after a 28–14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson was excellent Saturday night in an undressing of his division rival, with a 132.

Sometimes you get one like we get in Buffalo on Sunday night when it is Josh Allen and the Bills going against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills throws a pass against the Denver Broncos in the fourth quarter during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs at Highmark Stadium on January 12, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

Baltimore and Buffalo's Divisional Round matchup positions the superstar quarterbacks for an all-time showdown.

Josh Allen has put up huge numbers but if he doesn't win MVP, it could be his third year as runner-up in the voting.

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.