Josh Allen’s seemingly unprecedented improvement in 2020 has put Buffalo Bills’ quarterback on the road to a massive payday, as he is eligible for a new contract extension in the off-season.
Allen is one of the NFL’s leading young talent, and he’s not worried about the future. The QB has joined “10 questions with Kyle Brandt“and reiterated that I am patient about a long – term contract.
“If it happens, it happens,” Allen repeats a familiar refrain we heard from both sides this off-season.
Allen further insisted, conceding that it would of course be ideal to have something done sooner, but he was not wasting his time campaigning for a new contract.
“There are many different ways you can work,” Allen told Brandt. “Honestly, I like playing football. I want to listen and be involved in the contract talks. Eventually you pay your agents and that’s why you hire a guy like (Bills GM) Brandon Beane and (Assistant GM) Joe Schoen, and the front office guys. and what they do.They will iron out the details, and if we can come up with anything soon, of course I would very much like to be locked up in Buffalo for a very long time.This is a place I call home.I like being there.I love the fan base.I love the city.It’s all I want is there.If they call and want to talk tomorrow I will be willing but we will see.We I will cross that bridge when we are there arrive. ‘
Neither the bills nor Allen appeared to be getting a long-term expansion at the moment. Usually, these major expansions come later in the summer for quarterbacks, after the front office has taken care of its responsibilities in the draft.
Beane noted earlier that this off-season on the Huddle & Flow podcast with Jim Trotter and Steve Wyche of NFL Network, that if not extended this year, it could happen next season.
Allen declined to comment properly on the question about Beane’s quote.
“I think Brandon Beane is very good at his job, and he gets paid to be the general manager of the Buffalo Bills, and I get paid to be the quarterback,” he said. “Until none of this changes, I will, just like I said, be the best version of myself, the best quarterback, the best teammate for the Bills.”