Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has become a polarizing figure in the NFL since his entrance into stardom in 2020, and being labeled as “overrated” in an anonymous player’s poll was the latest nonsensical opinion about him to surface in the news.
People either love or hate him, and it seems there is no in-between.
Allen joined “The Facility” on FS1 on Friday and fielded a question from his old buddy, LeSean McCoy. The former Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles running back asked Allen if it upset him when it came out that he was voted the NFL’s “most overrated” player.
“I loved it,” Allen said. “I’m a logical guy and I understand what the NFL is. There’s 32 teams. There’s 31 other fanbases and players that I hope despise me and are absolutely sick of me, because that means I’m doing the right thing on the field for the Buffalo Bills.”
It’s an understatement to say that Allen is doing the right thing on the field for his team. Since 2020, Allen has had the most total touchdowns in the NFL (179) by a large margin. Second on the list is Patrick Mahomes with 25 fewer touchdowns over that timeframe.
“I think it’s a term of endearment and respect when guys don’t like me or don’t think I’m that great,” he continued. “I can tell you one thing, the guys that are in this building don’t think that way.”
The guys in the building at 1 Bills Drive in Orchard Park, NY are all in on the 28-year-old signal caller and have been for a long time. After just two weeks he already has the second-best odds for NFL MVP behind Mahomes. People around the league can chatter all they want but when that 60-minute clock starts on gameday, you know what you’re getting out of number 17.