Josh Allen Quotes

I think anytime you can take as much off the quarterback as possible, that only helps them out in the long run.

The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.

It doesn't make much sense to blitz a guy that gets rid of the ball in less than 1.5 seconds.

I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

I'm just going out there and doing my job, so whatever it is - if it's a hard slide protection, if it's a double team, or even a triple team or a chip - whatever it is, I'm just finding ways to win, so that's about it.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense.

I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.

Any team, if you can rattle the quarterback you have an opportunity to win the game.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

The more space you have there, the better it is for the quarterback, because he's got room to move around there to avoid a rush. And also, after the point of contact, if the rusher does beat me, he still has to go another four yards before he makes a sack. Versus if you drop straight back, he only has to go two more yards.

That's the key to defending any quarterback: to make them throw before they want to throw.

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

You can't be wrong in the three-tech position. I like that. It allows a lot of freedom.

Oftentimes, the post safety will eye me up pre-snap a lot of times and know where I am.

Having a good defensive line allows you to play better because it's less stressful in terms of defending.

When you can recognize hot throws and blitzes, that's when they can slow down their blitz and they don't want to blitz you as much because you're getting the ball out.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

We're trying to win football games, and whoever we feel like gives us the best chance is who's going to play behind center.

I want to know what coverage it is every single time. I want to line up and be able to read what the defense is trying to do to me so I can get open.

You could kind of guess if you bring in Peanut Tillman to the defensive team meeting - yeah, it's all about turnovers and getting after the ball.

When you can get o-linemen guessing about what you're going to do, that means you're already winning before you start.