By RJ Kraft and Joe Buscaglia
With his new extension, Bills quarterback Josh Allen wanted to make sure that Buffalo could keep as much of the team’s core in place and be in position to add to the team via free agency.
“(General manager Brandon) Beane and the front office wanted to get something done, as well as my agents,” Allen, the 2024 NFL MVP, said during a media call to discuss his new six-year, $330 million contract extension that includes a record $250 million in guaranteed money.
“I understood the impact of getting an extension done — create some cap space. It’s kind of a weird situation where it’s like, I’ve had a big contract before, and it doesn’t really change how I lived in my life. But I know that again, this opens up some space for cap and signing some free agents. I think we’ve been having a pretty good free agent run so far.”
He added that he told his agent: “Hey, if this this has any impact on the cap, let’s figure out a way to not do that.”
Read more of what Allen had to say below.
