Josh Allen Quotes

I need to play smarter and protect the football.

I think the number one job as a quarterback is protecting the football.

I don't want to get good at throwing off schedule because I don't want to be off schedule. I want to have my protections to be solid, I want to be in the right play, and I want to get the ball out of my hands as quick as possible.

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

I have to make sure that we're in the right plays and I can get the ball out quickly and get into our playmakers' hands.

I feel like, even if a guy is covered, I can put the ball where it needs to be so we can have a successful play.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

Most of the time, you're just trying to be the point guard out there based on the play call and the defense that you're getting; that really dictates where the football goes.

Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.

It's my job, first and foremost, to take care of the football. Guys work their tails off. That's Football 101. From the time you play youth ball to high school, college, pro, every level, that's the starting point for every quarterback. You have to take care of the ball.

The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.

Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game.

Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.

You just have to learn that you can't always go and win that ball and there are certain moments to do it.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

Ultimately, the yards really don't matter. So you have to score enough points, and I have been fortunate in my career to have been around some really good play callers, starting with Gary Kubiak and then going with Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and that was always at the forefront of our minds: How can we create explosive plays?

I love everything about being a quarterback. The ball is in your hand at every play. You can have a huge impact on the game. It is a challenge.

If they need me to have 25 carries and eight catches a game, whatever they need me to do, I'm ready to go. Or if they need me to have eight carries and six catches but play the whole game and pass protect and help shifts on the D-ends, I'm ready to go.