So what happened right there? What happened on that situation?

I'm not going to lie.

I got a text from the quarterback coach at the time that morning saying, I hope you're there when we get to pick.

And I was like, you know what? I'm probably going to be a Bronco.

Obviously, it worked out the way it was supposed to work out.

I'm here in Buffalo.

Right.

How do you feel going into this week?

oh it does well we also have a fan who sent in an unforced error video today we wanted to share let's see if we can get that up

hi i'm josh allen and this is my unforced error My enforced air was unfortunately went to Paris with my now wife.

She was my girlfriend at the time.

We went out this little diner for dinner.

Um, I went up to use the bathroom and as I was walking back up the stairs, I heard something rip open and I took a couple more steps and I heard a few more rips.

I'm like, what the heck is that? I reached down to like fill my pocket to see if something was out.

But when I went to reach down, I felt the back of my thigh.

golf shirt on here

Um, you're not gonna win every one-on-one, but, uh, but at the same time, there's, uh, there's definitely things that we can learn from.

As you guys know, Coach, I respect a ton.

Um, I mean, when it starts with his defense, you know how sound it's gonna be.

I mean, Sal's not gonna put some- something in that he doesn't believe is sound versus everything.

Um, so it's gonna be very disciplined.

It takes a little bit of time to get the guys that elite at it, so he's gonna do it over and over again, and I can see they're already way ahead of schedule.

Um, they really competed today, and, um, they definitely have a real good coach.

Mm-hmm.

What is it exactly? Offense, defense, like, how are you guys gelling during camp?

Yeah, I think, I think, uh, you guys have been in the locker room before.

You understand when you sit upstairs in the cafeteria, certain guys sit in certain groups, and kind of stays like that.

But I, I think this team, it's so, it's so mixed, it's so diverse.

You walk upstairs and it doesn't matter if there's an open seat next to the O line, the D line, the linebackers, who, whatever it is, you're sitting down, you're able to have fun conversations and just hang out.

And at the end of the day, like, we just wanna have fun.

We wanna play this game, we wanna have fun, we wanna do it well.

How, how does it feel?

Biggest difference between this offense this year and last year, Josh?

I mean, it's very early.

It might be too early to tell, but I'll tell you right now, our relationships that we have on this side of the ball are I mean, just bonds that I don't think can be broken.

And obviously throughout the season, there's times where relationships are put to the test.

But again, the way that we communicate, the way that we gel with each other, the way that we hang out with each other, we've got a couple hours break.

And when I go up to that second floor common room, I mean, there's 40 guys that are just hanging out, playing cards, playing video games, just talking to each other.

So it's a very tight-knit group.

No,

Yeah.

It's, it's, it might be too early to tell, but I'll tell you right now our relationships that we have on this side of the ball are I mean, just bonds that I don't think can be broken.

And obviously throughout the season, there, there's times where relationships are put to the test.

Um, but again, the, the way that we communicate, the way that we, uh, gel with each other, the way that we hang out with each other, we've got a couple hours break and when I go up to that second floor common room, I mean, there's 40 guys that are just hanging out, playing cards, playing video games, just talking to each other.

So, um, it's a very tight-knit group.

Yeah, yeah.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Um, I mean, there, there's been times throughout the game where...

Again, like, we, we don't shy away from calling the same play, right? If it's working, we're gonna keep, keep calling it.

What else is different about this training camp?

Um, I mean, new schedule.

Uh, I, I would really say everything.

The way that we're going about things.

Um, a lot of new faces in the building, you know, that's staff, that's players included.

Um, so yeah, we're, we're coming out here.

We're flying around right now.

[laughs] Right.

What do you think? Or do you just find out after the fact?

No, I think I'm informed.

I think Brandon Bean does such a good job.

He's the mastermind behind everything that the Bills do in terms of personnel.

Have I given advice? Sure.

Is it taken? No, not all the time.

Has it been taken? Maybe.

Is there a particular characteristic or two where you think, okay, I want the Josh Allen brand to be about fill in the blank?

When do you allow your brain to start looking ahead and thinking football again?

Um, I mean, I don't think my brain stops thinking football, to be honest.

So you try to get away and, and get it off it as much as you can and, and, uh, really enjoy your time off.

Um, but constantly thinking about it, constantly thinking how I can be better.

And, uh, I'm just excited to get, get back on the field here soon.

And July 28th is our report date.

And, uh, you know, get things in full swing here soon.

Tell me what you're doing now with Natrol, a, a, uh, prescription that certainly you would think would help you at times like this.

And I don't know if I, from afar, think that's actually, like, the best version of Josh Allen, or do you just need to go what I call, like, crazy rhino mode and just, you know, just be the best athlete on the field, kind of more of a Brett Favre style? How do you balance that, between being able to do the wow Superman stuff with trying to be maybe more cautious than you were as a younger player?

I think it's all dictated based on flow of the game, um, understanding where I'm at in the season.

Um, you know, who do we have in there with us? Who's...

You know, is our defense rolling? You know, who's hurt, who's not? Um, obviously, I wanna go out there, I wanna make every play, and sometimes it puts me in a, in a bad spot, and I understand that.

Um, but I think more often times than not, I've made those plays, and I continue to prove that.

But, um, obviously, if I can sit in the pocket and be 25 of 25 and don't have to run around, I would love to do that.

So that's something, again, I... as I get older and, and, um, you know, I guess less athletic as you do with age.

So how much pressure do you feel, like, just, "I gotta get that monkey off my back and get the Super Bowl"? And does that pressure ki- pressure kinda ratchet up, like, every year that you don't get it done?

How much did you enjoy that, and how pumped are you for, uh, Joe to get the gig up there?

Uh, very, very excited for Joe.

Obviously, he...

Again, I, we talked about it.

I didn't do anything for him.

Um, he, he did it himself, but I got to be in there, and it was a unique perspective to kind of, like you said, separate Church and State.

Um, asked him some hard-hitting questions.

Yeah, he is.

Is that because you have a vision of what you can be or, or how do you kind of get to that point?

100%.

I think it goes back to, you know, being, being the high school kid that wasn't getting any offers, knowing that I could play at the Division I level.

Um, and then getting to the Division I level, thinking that I, I could, I could play in the NFL.

Um, you know, just having that internal belief and, and working hard.

And, and make no mistake, it's, it's taken an army to get me here.

You know, there's a lot of people in my life that I can thank and, um, played their part in, in what's going on.

Did you enjoy Hard Knocks in there or did you guys hate it like, uh, some people do?

What's that experience been like? Is it has there been some funny moments, some awkward moments? What's it been like having Hard Knocks in camp?

You know what the.

I wasn't too happy when they first announced it.

I'll be the first one to admit that.

I will say that the crew that we had here was awesome.

They always made their presence known.

You knew exactly when and where you were going to be mic'd up, what interviews you had.

But do you enjoy that aspect of it? Like it might've been one of my favorite things of playing was getting to go away for those few weeks of training camp.

When you guys have as much success as you did, especially on the offensive side of the ball, when you go into camp, what are the steps you guys think you've taken to move forward to get over that hump?

Well, bringing in new pieces.

Um, a guy like Josh Palmer, a guy like Elijah Moore.

Um, getting them just associated with what we're doing, how we're doing it.

The everybody eats mindset.

Trying to get on the same page with them.

Um, but again, like looking at film from last year, like there's still so many things, like easy stuff that I missed.

When you're going into the, uh, playoff game against the Chiefs last year, do you feel the, the storyline, the pressure, the expectation you might be putting on yourself like, "This is the fucking game"? And when you look back on that game, were there just moments and situations that just piss you off because it's the Chiefs?

Talk about being on the cover of Madden, dude.

Yeah, it's, uh, it's weird.

It's, uh, like, as a kid, right, you, you play this game.

That's t- like, how I learned the game of football.

All the rules, uh, the roughing the, you know, roughing the passer going and playing against my brother.

Um, and it's just kind of full circle.

I learned it playing Madden, now I'm on the cover.

Is that, is that the most nuts thing ever?

Can you do that in an NFL game, you think?

(laughs) I mean, there was one game, I think it was my rookie year against the Dolphins.

Um, I- I threw a ball dang near as hard as I can, and I...

My receiver was 60, 70 yards down the field, and I overthrew him just by a little bit, but, uh-

(laughs) You air mailed him.

I did, and that- that was just one of those, like, I didn't...

I didn't feel like I threw it as hard as I could, but my hip fired so hot, and it just came out of my hand extremely well, and it was spinning.

And, um, it was a little warm in Miami, so, uh, it...