Will Josh Allen want to stick around for a rebuild?

[K-9]

5 minutes ago, zow2 said:

He’s going to be ready for this Steelers game.

 

 

That’s our captain and I fully expect him to show us what he means by appreciating the hurt after a loss. 
 

This insufferable bullcrap after losses needs to stop and some need to get a clue about the nature of the NFL. There will be a re-tooling, not a rebuild. Happens to all great teams at some point. KC is another example. 

[reddogblitz]

8 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

That's not how any of this works. If he walks into McDermott's office and demands a trade, he's traded.

 

Maybe not but I don't think it works the way you think it works either.

 

Players say they want to be traded and aren't all the time. AJ Brown comes to mind.

 

First off they're not gonna just give him away if he doesn't "want" to be here and demands a trade.  It would take 2 1sts and 2 2nds + to start the conversation.

 

These big QB trades don't happen very often. I can remember the Giants trading for Fran Tarkenton which took 2 1sts and 2 2nds.  Then they traded back a few years  later for a 1st and a 2nd.  The Rams traded Goff + 2 1sts and a 3rd and 6 players for Stafford.

 

Second off, who ya trade him to?  You're not going to trade him within the AFC East and unless someone bowls you to an AFC team.

 

Who is this magical team that is just 1 30 year old QB away from winning multiple Super Bowls?  I suppose maybe Minnesota but they're a jinxed franchise just like us.  Dallas maybe, they have extra picks from the Parsons trade.  But they're on the hook for Dak. Which brings up another issue, salary cap. Josh is  big hit and I don't think Buffalo is going to want to eat his cap just to give Josh what he "wants".

 

 

[Buffalo716]

7 minutes ago, K-9 said:

That’s our captain and I fully expect him to show us what he means by appreciating the hurt after a loss. 
 

This insufferable bullcrap after losses needs to stop and some need to get a clue about the nature of the NFL. There will be a re-tooling, not a rebuild. Happens to all great teams at some point. KC is another example. 

 

 

Anybody who thinks this guy is running out of Buffalo to go home to California has their head in their butt 

 

This guy is Buffalo.. this guy is the face of the NFL 

 

And he's the epitome of a professional football player

 

As I have always said.. Josh Allen is not the guy that everybody says here is just going to quit and throw in the towel and run home 

 

That's ridiculous

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

23 hours ago, Success said:

Josh will probably stay - but the primary adjectives I'd use to describe him this year are "weary" and "frustrated."  Maybe I'd add "exasperated."

 

Beane has to step up and we have to go all in on receiving targets.  Allen needs to have fun again - that's when we win.  If he had legit #1 & #2 receivers, along with Kincaid & Cook, everything would look completely different.

 

next offseason they need to land a WR1 and not thru the draft. We don’t have that time anymore 

[harmonkillebrew]

the number one reason we keep Knox around on that salary is to keep Josh happy.

There are probably a number of moves (like getting rid of Diggs and absorbing a $30M cap hit) that are done to keep Josh happy. 

 

McD and Beane will never go, unless Josh signs off on some proven SB winner they can lure over from another team (like Tomlin)

53 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

next offseason they need to land a WR1 and not thru the draft. We don’t have that time anymore 

we also have no proven ability to draft well in the 1st round. 

FA WRs are not a dime a dozen. But a lot get traded. We missed Metcalf, Deebo, Pickens, Waddle, and others. Not sure what's left for the offseason

[Chicken Boo]

I don't think he finishes his career as a Bill, but we are YEARS away from that point.  

[C.Biscuit97]

Such a defeatist mindset. If I was Pegula, I’d remind Allen of a few things:

 

- he wasn’t 1st or 2nd team All mountain west

- he completed 52% of his passes as a rookie, one of lowest rates of any qb in the last 10 year

- he had the same OC at the start of his career for 4 years, which never happens (Ej for instant has 1st time nfl OC Nate Hackett as his OC and qb coach his rookie year)

- he played on teams with top 5 defenses

- we traded a 1st for a top 10 wr

- he has one of the biggest contracts in nfl history 

- the team spends to the cap

- he is in every other commercial

 

it’s weird how some of you act like we draft prime Brady as rookie. He was as raw as any top 10 qb in a long time. Allen owes Buffalo/ Bills as much as we owe him. This is sit in a corner of hotel room mentality.  

2 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

I don't think he finishes his career as a Bill, but we are YEARS away from that point.  

Why haha? Teams trade franchise qbs because they are completely washed or they are starting to be. And if it ever does happen, you rebuild your franchise like the Lions did with the Stafford trade. 

[milfandcookies]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

 

Anybody who thinks this guy is running out of Buffalo to go home to California has their head in their butt 

 

This guy is Buffalo.. this guy is the face of the NFL 

 

And he's the epitome of a professional football player

 

As I have always said.. Josh Allen is not the guy that everybody says here is just going to quit and throw in the towel and run home 

 

That's ridiculous

It’s not ridiculous at all. People don’t make an arse outta yourself when it happens 

[Casey D]

As Seinfeld said==people, they are the worst.

[JohnNord]

On 11/21/2025 at 5:55 PM, BillsFanForever19 said:

Most of this season and especially after last night, people have been calling for the firing of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. 

 

It's pretty clear that the coaching and the systems aren't working anymore. And that the roster is in terrible shape with no easy fixes. Both have had a number of fireable offenses.

 

While I understand fans frustration and wanting a new regime, the question I keep coming back to is would Josh want to stick around for that?

 

He'll be 30 years old next season. We've already wasted much of his prime. A new Coach and/or a new GM will surely want to rebuild the roster, the staff, and the systems in place in their image.

 

This is likely to take time and the odds that they'll come in and get back to where they were immediately while rebuilding is unlikely. It will probably take a couple off seasons. And there's no guarantee whomever we bring in will actually improve things. 

 

My concern is that at Josh's age and with the clock ticking on his prime that he would rather ask for a Trade to a team that has a roster in place and a good coach and GM in place than waste time and roll the dice on a rebuild under unknowns. 

 

There's no easy answer as it's pretty clear that Sean isn't the answer and Brandon has mismanaged the cap and roster. So a lot of things are going to have to be done after this season. But I worry Josh won't want to stick around for a total blow up.

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