Watch: ESPN's Mike Greenberg has pinpoint criticism of Bills QB Josh Allen

Allen threw for a touchdown and ran for a go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter, but he also tossed two interceptions and lost a fumble. (On Tuesday morning, the Bills fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and named quarterbacks coach Joe Brady as his interim replacement.)

A deeper statistical look at Greenberg's take shows awfully similar numbers from the primes of the careers of Favre and Allen. Below are Favre's fourth through eighth seasons in the league:

1994: 33 TD, 14 INT (lost in NFC divisional round)

1995: 38 TD, 13 INT (MVP, lost in NFC Championship Game)

1996: 39 TD, 13 INT (MVP, won Super Bowl XXXI)

1997: 35 TD, 16 INT (co-MVP, lost Super Bowl XXXII)

1998: 31 TD, 23 INT (lost in NFC wild-card round)

Allen's passing TDs and INTs over the past four seasons — his fourth through seventh seasons in the NFL — are as follows:

2020: 37 TD, 10 INT (lost in AFC Championship Game)

2021: 36 TD, 15 INT (lost in AFC divisional round)

2022: 35 TD, 14 INT (lost in AFC divisional round)

2023 (thru 10 games): 19 TD, 11 INT

Pro Football Reference estimates Allen will finish this season with 32 TDs and 19 INTs.

It's clear Allen could be on a same trajectory in 2023 — and perhaps beyond — that Favre was by 1998. In 1999 and 2000, Favre combined to throw 42 TDs and 39 INTs. Green Bay finished 17-15 over those seasons, missing the playoffs in each season.

Of course, the biggest difference between Allen and Favre is that by 1998, Favre had earned three MVP awards, two Super Bowl appearances and a Lombardi Trophy. Allen has yet to win MVP or even reach a Super Bowl.

The NFL changed the postseason overtime rules following the 2021 playoffs after Allen and the Bills lost in OT to Kansas City, but the Bills still can't make anything of it. At 5-5, Buffalo's season is in peril, so Greenberg's criticism makes sense. The blame in Buffalo falls squarely on its franchise quarterback.