I groan just thinking about it.

We’re a few days removed from the Senior Bowl and still 3 months from the start of the NFL Draft. Between the pro days, the NFL Scouting Combine and those closed-door interviews with NFL teams, we’re still a long way from nearing the end of the pre-draft period.

In other words, we’re only at the beginning of all of this Josh Allen hype. Call me a hater, but I was over it about a month ago.

The former Wyoming quarterback has been dubbed “QB1” by draft guru Mel Kiper Jr., and he’s been compared to Carson Wentz by seemingly everyone with a microphone.

Mike Mayock jumped all over that comparison at the Senior Bowl:

It’s an easy, lazy comp to make. After all, both were coached by Craig Bohl (Wentz actually didn’t become a starter until Bohl left for Wyoming), both come from small schools in the same region of the country, and both are — most important — big guys with big arms. After seeing the success of Wentz in the NFL, of course everyone is looking for the next version of him. The fact that he went No. 2 overall has only perpetuated this narrative that as the next Wentz, Allen should also be one of the top picks in the draft.

Yeah, about that.

Allen will continue to get the benefit of the doubt because of that comparison. Well, if you ask him, he’s more like Aaron Rodgers. Sure, guy. That’s like the intramural hoops all-star who thinks he can take on Collin Sexton.

If this Allen hype continues, Allen will go higher in the draft than Rodgers and maybe even higher than Wentz. Teams will completely ignore the fact that Allen completed 56 percent of his passes for 6.7 yards per attempt against Mountain West competition as a senior.

But let’s hear more about those big hands of his!

I’m not here to say that college stats are everything as it relates to projecting next-level talent. If they were, Colt Brennan would be hoisting Super Bowl trophies. But they at least have to mean something. For Kiper to compare Allen to Matthew Stafford, who was a 3-year starter against Georgia and faced 16 top-25 teams, is nuts. Even Wentz lit up Iowa State in his only start against a Power 5 defense.

What did Allen do in those 3 career games that he faced Power 5 competition? Well, he threw a nice touchdown pass … and threw 8 interceptions and averaged 4.4 yards per attempt. Oh, and his team — the one he “put on his back” — was outscored 125-33.

Watching Allen against Iowa, it was obvious that he wasn’t surrounded by elite talent. That’s what the Allen apologists would say. They watched Saturday afternoon and told you, “see, this is what Allen can do with an actual offense around him.”

So in Allen’s ideal scenario — he goes No. 1 overall to the Cleveland Browns — he’s going to suddenly become more accurate and maximize the talent of an 0-16 team? Sure.

I mean, the guy can throw the ball as far as Uncle Rico and he’s got a Randy Johnson-like fastball. Allen’s arm is actually so strong that receivers will have to elevate their game to get on his elite level.

Somewhere, Ryan Mallett is kicking himself for being born 10 years too early.

Allen’s overhyped evaluation speaks to the pre-draft culture of quarterbacks. It’s the same reason that Mitch Trubisky was picked ahead of Deshaun Watson. It’s all about comparisons and if a guy has “the look.” Baker Mayfield isn’t getting Allen’s pre-draft hype because his comp is Johnny Manziel. Lamar Jackson doesn’t have “the look” because of his accuracy issues, yet he completed a higher percentage of his throws than Allen.

For whatever reason, certain draft pundits are still unaware that NFL quarterbacks come in all shapes and sizes. You can’t teach height, but as Mike Leach likes to remind everyone, you can’t teach accuracy, either. That apparently doesn’t matter to the Kipers of the world. They’re convinced that in a faster game with less margin for error, the guy who led the No. 103 passing offense in the country as a college senior is going to become a star.

We’re going to spend the next few months hearing about Allen’s “confidence” and that one half of quality production he had in the Senior Bowl (against basic defensive schemes, too). It’ll overshadow those 8 of 11 games in which he failed to complete 60 percent of his passes. After all, as Allen says, stats are for losers.

If Allen doesn’t mind, I’d like to throw out one more stat. You know, because I’m a loser.

The draft is 86 days away. In that time, Allen will be touted as the future No. 1 overall pick by more draft experts than I care to count.

And I’ll groan every single time.