As of Tua Tagovailoa’s massive contract extension late last month, Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen is now the 13th highest-paid passer in the NFL. Once the owner of one of the NFL’s most lucrative deals, Allen is well outside the top ten after a sea of signal-callers reset the market with record-breaking deals across the past few seasons. However, Allen isn’t jealous of his peers earning record-setting deals but rather happy to see his ‘fraternity’ receiving generation wealth.
In an interview with FanDuel TV’s Kay Adams, Allen complimented his fellow passers when pressed about their new deals. Regarding average annual salary, the six highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL all signed extensions this offseason. Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Jared Goff, and Jordan Love received heavy paydays to remain with their teams this offseason.
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen: Congratulates Fellow QBs Receiving Mega-Contracts
If Josh Allen is angry over being lapped by other quarterbacks regarding salary, he doesn’t show it. Instead, the Buffalo Bills quarterback is nothing but congratulatory towards the gunslingers who received massive deals this offseason. When FanDuel’s Kay Adams asked Allen about being the 13th highest-paid quarterback entering the 2024 campaign, Allen clapped before praising his fellow passers.
“Tua (Tagovailoa) said this not too long ago, ‘the market is the market.’ It doesn’t matter the APY, this and that, and the cash fund. There is so many different ways you can look at a contract. Some may look really good on paper, and some may actually not be that great when you actually get into the details. I’m all for guys getting paid.
This is the NFL, ‘not for long’. Everybody has been saying that since I was a rookie. You need to appreciate your time in this league and understand when to strike. For quarterbacks, when your time is up, it’s your time to get a deal. I’m just happy guys are getting paid because that’s generational wealth for them and their families, and we all play the same game and are kind of a fraternity here in the NFL.”
Just before the 2021 season, following an MVP runner-up effort the year prior, the Buffalo Bills extended Allen on a six-year, $258 million deal. Once one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL, Allen has been passed over multiple times throughout the years, with the NFL salary cap increasing each season. Allen signed his deal in 2021, with the NFL holding a $182 million cap maximum, a decrease following the COVID-19-impacted 2020 season. Entering the 2024 season, the NFL has a cap maximum of $255 million.
Allen: Eyeing Bounceback Passing Season
Last season, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen totaled 44 touchdowns, easily the most in the NFL. However, he threw 18 interceptions, trailing only Sam Howell of the Washington Commanders for the most in the league. Allen has thrown 14 or more interceptions every season since 2021, but a five-game stretch midway through last year was detrimental to his overall numbers. Allen threw just eight touchdowns to six interceptions from Week 9 through Week 14.
Nevertheless, Allen remains one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the NFL, rushing for at least 500 yards each season since 2021. He has rushed for 28 touchdowns during that span. Allen has also been an exceptional postseason passer during his tenure with the Bills, throwing 21 touchdowns against four picks in ten games.
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