Josh Allens Payday

By Lawrence Lang

On Friday, August 7th, The Buffalo Bills signed their star quarterback Josh Allen to a massive contract extension worth $258m with $150M guaranteed.

To break that down, that’s ($43M a year) ($118K a day) ($5k an hour) ($82 a minute) and ($1.36 a second). In Enlighten terms, by the time you get done reading this, Allen will probably make almost $300, if not more.

Allen’s new deal comes after the Bills went 13-3 in the 2020 Season and would win their first division title since 1995. They would make it to the AFC title game, which was their first appearance since 1994. The Bills would lose the AFC title game to the then reigning Super Bowl Champs Kansas City Chiefs 38-24. Josh Allen would also have an incredible season throwing for over 4,500 yards passing and having 37 TDs, 10 INTs, and eight Rushing TDs and finished second to Aaron Rodgers in MVP voting. If anyone is well-deserving of this massive deal, it’s Allen. The former 7th overall first-round pick in the 2018 NFL draft has brought a resurgence to Buffalo and the Buffalo Bills. Until 2017, before Allen was drafted, the Bills were a laughing stock in the AFC and AFC east. From 2000-2017 the Bills would only have three winning seasons, two of which they missed the playoffs (04) and (14). in 2017 they would lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars 10-3. The other seasons either saw them at .500 or below.

Josh Allen is the future here in Buffalo, and it’s time the league gives him the respect that he has earned over the last three years. Allen came into the league in 2018, where the Bills went 6-10 and finished third in the AFC East. 2019 and 2020 saw the Bills have two 10+ win seasons. The last time they did that was in 1998 and 1999. With the 2021 season here, Allen is in his Senior year in the league and has a demanding schedule. Kicking off Week One at home against Ben Rotheslburger and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be a game to watch since it has ties to last season. With games also against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Week 5 and Tom Brady and the reigning Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 12. These two road games will test to see if Allen can get the job done on the road against both teams that made the Super Bowl last year.

There is no doubt that Allen is deserving of this contract. The Bills organization has faith in Allen to continue his progression. Hopefully, he brings that elusive Vince Lombard trophy to the city of Buffalo and finally makes the city champions and erase the 90’s four straight appearances to the Super Bowl where they didn’t win any of them. If Allen does this, he will become that town’s Micahel Jordan and become a hero to the city. As for Allen, enjoy the new deal and get yourself ready for this season because everyone will be watching you and judging you with every move you make to make sure you are worth every penny.