QB Stock Market Week 10: Darnold Has Staying Power. Do Kyler and Tua?

Maybe it’s the trade deadline bringing a sense of closure. Maybe it’s the marker of getting over the season’s half-way point. But it seems like teams are making big decisions about their quarterbacks’ futures. Yes, I’m thinking about Miami and Arizona.

This week might end up serving as a turning point for Kyler Murray and Tua Tagovailoa — where we look back and say: That was the beginning of the end. We’ll talk about all that and more in this week’s QB Stock Market.

In these QB rankings, I’m focused on monitoring the fluctuations of a QB’s performance throughout the season. No one — not even Drake Maye — is safe at the top. No one — not even Dillon Gabriel — is stuck at the bottom. There is room for quick ascent — and rapid decline. One question holds most important: What have you done for your team lately?

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That was yet another big win for the Bills against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. It’s one worth celebrating. As always, there’s the looming question: OK, but can Buffalo finally do it in the postseason? You know … when it matters? 

Allen is 5-1 against Mahomes in the regular season. But Mahomes is 4-0 against Allen in the postseason. So the playoff question is a fair one. But one to save for a later date.

In the meantime, this was an efficient game from Allen in a season where he hasn’t met the superhuman standards that he set for himself in years past, particularly in 2024, his MVP campaign. And while receivers Keon Coleman and Joshua Palmer have yet to deliver on what GM Brandon Beane must have hoped for them, tight end Dalton Kincaid had himself a great game — amid a great season. And he did it amid the backdrop of Buffalo's