Josh Allen joins Sports Illustrated from Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl 58. The Bills superstar quarterback says he doesn't make much of the narratives around he and Patrick Mahomes.
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00:00 >> How do you enjoy playing in that tournament?
00:02 >> I love it, are we going?
00:04 >> We're talking, baby.
00:04 >> We're going, let's go.
00:05 I love that tournament.
00:07 I love it and I hate it.
00:08 >> Yeah, AT&T pebble.
00:11 He's gonna say he hates it because that means he's not playing in the Super Bowl.
00:15 >> But on the other side of it, I get to have my dad caddy for me.
00:19 I get to rub elbows with some of the greatest golfers in the world.
00:22 >> Yeah.
00:24 >> I think that's pretty cool.
00:24 I've got such a love for golf and to share that passion and
00:28 get to see these guys in their element on the range is the coolest thing ever.
00:33 They stripe it every single time they swing the club, it's awesome.
00:36 >> Yeah, okay.
00:37 We just had a legend, a Bills legend.
00:39 We have Bruce Smith coming here.
00:41 High praises of one seven.
00:43 What do you think you need to do,
00:50 the team needs to do to make it to the Super Bowl?
00:52 Cuz y'all been there, y'all been in the AFC Championship.
00:55 What's the next step?
00:57 >> Yeah, I think it's, we keep saying we're close.
01:00 We're right there.
01:02 It comes down to making one or two more plays when we need to.
01:06 And that's heavy on my shoulders.
01:08 And you can sit back here and think about all the plays that could have gone
01:13 the other way and the what ifs.
01:15 And that game kinda sucks because you can do that with everybody.
01:18 But I think it comes down to,
01:22 we felt like we were playing our best ball this season.
01:24 We just gotta make one more play.
01:26 >> Yeah, okay, so obviously we're all competitive, competitors.
01:32 You got guys that you look at, you got guys that you're trying to one up.
01:35 Patrick Mahomes, he's been the guy that's basically stopped you from getting
01:41 to the Super Bowl.
01:43 Do you feel any pressure going into this game a couple weeks ago,
01:47 do you feel pressure playing against him like, hey, I haven't got him yet.
01:52 I gotta get him this time.
01:53 Is there that type of thought or is it just another game and
01:55 we just gotta get it going?
01:56 >> No, I mean, I think it's another game for me.
01:59 Whether it was him over there, whether it was Lamar, whether it was Joe,
02:03 whoever it was, the name of the game is to win, right?
02:06 It doesn't matter who's over there playing.
02:08 And we get so caught up in the quarterback versus quarterback
02:12 controversy where it's, I'm not playing him, right?
02:16 I'm playing that defense and the defensive coordinator and
02:20 doing whatever I can do to try to put him in a bad spot and
02:24 to force balls and to make mistakes.
02:27 And again, we just we didn't do enough of it.
02:30 We were close at our opportunities and fortunately just didn't make them.
02:34 >> So Bruce, me, a lot of other people are saying the Bills need to get you some
02:39 more surrounding help on offense.
02:42 What do you say to that?
02:42 >> I'd say I think we got a great young core right now.
02:47 You talk about James Cook, pro bowl guy.
02:49 >> Yep. >> Talk about Khalil Shakur who stepped up
02:51 real late in the season and became kind of a go to target.
02:55 >> Yeah.
02:56 >> Talk about Dalton Kincaid, who's our first round pick.
02:59 He's a dog.
03:00 >> A dog.
03:00 >> Dawson, I can go through the entire list, man.
03:04 The guys that we played with this year, they do things the right way.
03:08 You got a guy like Stefan Diggs, who again, one of the best receivers in the game.
03:14 But guys that do the things the right way and do it for each other,
03:18 you're gonna have success.
03:19 And I think that we pulled together late in that season this last year and
03:23 found ways to win football games.
03:25 And it's never gonna be perfect.
03:27 You can't win it every single year.
03:29 But we gotta go win it one year.
03:32 >> Yeah.
03:32 You mentioned Stefan Diggs.
03:35 From the outside looking in, it looks like the communication or
03:40 from when Stefan first got there till now, it doesn't look the same.
03:48 Do you have anything to speak on about that?
03:50 Is it the same?
03:50 Are we tripping?
03:52 What's going on between you and Stefan?
03:53 >> I mean, I think every year, the media pushes this-
03:57 >> The narrative.
03:57 >> This theory and this narrative about it.
04:01 I love the dude like a brother.
04:02 And again, I hope we get to play together for many more years.
04:06 Now, who knows what the future holds?
04:09 I can't tell you that.
04:10 But I'm just trying to be the best teammate,
04:13 the best quarterback that I can be for the Bills.
04:14 And we've done a lot of really good things in the last few years,
04:21 and I still think there's a lot more to do.
04:23 >> Sir, I love that.
04:24 Okay, we're in Vegas, we're at the Super Bowl.
04:27 We got the Niners, we got the Chiefs.
04:29 What do you think's gonna happen this week?
04:30 >> I think it's gonna be a field goal kick to win it.
04:33 >> Okay.
04:33 >> I think it's gonna be a very tight, tight game.
04:37 I think the Niners are gonna run the ball well.
04:38 I think the Chiefs are gonna throw the ball well.
04:41 And if the Niners D-line can get some good pressure on Pat, that would help.
04:48 But still Pat, he's still gonna make his plays.
04:52 But the Niners, with their ability to run the ball and play action,
04:55 I think that they're a tough matchup with anybody.
04:58 >> Josh, talk to us a little bit about your partnership.
05:03 I see you got, it looks like an old bank thing when you put a deposit up and
05:07 it takes it up.
05:08 Talk to us about Subway and your partnership, Josh.
05:10 >> It's our sidekick vault right here.
05:11 >> Yeah, so they got three products out right now.
05:14 >> Okay. >> They got the footlong cookie.
05:15 >> Okay. >> So it's literally a warm,
05:17 fresh footlong.
05:18 >> Like, hold on, is it like oval?
05:20 >> It's, yeah, it kinda looks like a sub.
05:22 >> Okay, okay, okay.
05:23 >> They got the Auntie Anne's footlong pretzel.
05:27 >> Pretzel.
05:27 >> And then they got the Cinnabon footlong churro.
05:31 >> I will be there, cuz I do Cinnabons.
05:33 >> And I put in your number that you wore in high school and college.
05:37 >> Okay. >> That's actually our digits.
05:39 You didn't think I knew those, did you?
05:40 >> 1219?
05:40 >> Yeah.
05:41 >> Is it gonna open up the prezzies?
05:43 >> Yeah, so if I did 1318, it's not gonna work.
05:47 >> Okay, okay, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
05:50 >> Right?
05:50 >> Okay. >> But since I know you and
05:52 I like you.
05:52 >> Okay, okay. >> We did 1219.
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06:00 Talking to you.
06:01 >> Hey, if my foot was still good, I would try to make a comeback so
06:06 I can go up to Buffalo and play with this guy at 17.
06:09 >> You gotta share this with your team, though.
06:10 >> Wow.
06:11 >> They've been great.
06:11 >> Wow.
06:12 >> And they're warm.
06:13 >> Yeah, I told you.
06:14 >> Whoa, whoa, whoa.
06:16 He's bringing gifts.
06:17 My dog Josh is bringing gifts.
06:19 Let me see what these look like.
06:21 Foot long sub, no, foot long cookie.
06:25 >> Yeah.
06:25 >> From Subway, Josh Allen, appreciate your time, man.
06:28 >> Appreciate you, bro.
06:29 >> Long way to go. >> Great to see you.
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