Joe Thomas

They're all about money, right?

It's a business, which, hey, that's the way it goes.

It's good for us as a fan because we get to watch multiple days of playoff football, which is the best time of the year if you're a football fan.

But certainly, I think with Josh Allen continuing

to do the superman routine putting the team on his back playing hero ball but it's a needed hero ball right because the bills are not the well-rounded balanced team that they have been in years past so they need josh allen to do everything he can with his legs and his arms and his arm not both arms hopefully he's not throwing any left-handed passes but they need everything from him that they can get and if he's even just a little bit less than a hundred percent because he doesn't have that full rest and he's taking these beatings that he's taken

I think that definitely plays against Josh Allen and the Bills' chances for success.

I mean, I picked the Bills to be my Super Bowl champs.

I think part of that is a little biased because as a Browns guy for all these years, I'm feeling like a kindred spirit to the Lions and the Bills, those other Midwest teams, those other Rust Belt teams that haven't yet got to the mountaintop and

candidly i just like josh allen it's fun watching him play i think he's clearly the best player in the nfl right now and in the playoffs with what he's doing for his team not only with his arm but his legs and i i think he can hold this up for the rest of the playoffs honestly i think he is that special type of talent that special mentality that he can go into that dark room and just say hey i'm putting it on me i don't care what my body feels like i don't care about the situation i'm an athlete i'm a

killer mentality, championship caliber quarterback.

And I'm going to do whatever it takes to get this win.

And so that's why I believe in him.

And even though the cards are stacked against him, even though he seems to be losing all the guys around him that are important for that success, offense and defense, and they don't have the team that they've had in previous years, I think he's got more confidence this year than he ever has because he is the best version of himself right now.

And he's already been

one of the greats of all time in the playoffs of being able to put that team on his back.

And he doesn't have to worry about Patrick Mahomes this year.

Right.

Yeah, and I think he's thinking, hey, this is my year to do it, right?

He's looking at the gauntlet he's got to go through to get to the Super Bowls a little bit softer, maybe from an experience standpoint, certainly at that quarterback position than usual.

So I think that even gives him a little notch up in motivation, knowing that it's not a pass.