Bills’ Josh Allen on Aaron Rodgers’ AFC East arrival: ‘Going to be a battle’

Buffalo Payments star quarterback Josh Allen and four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers seem like growing a detailed friendship. Earlier this yr the 2 sign callers had been seen embracing at Pebble Seashore.

Then in March, the pair exchanged pleasantries at Rodgers’ movie star flag-football recreation. However, when the season kickoff in September, Rodgers and Allen shall be on reverse sidelines.

Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets this offseason, which implies he’ll play in the identical division as Allen in 2023 — the AFC East.

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Being division foes, Allen nonetheless heaped reward on Rodgers, saying that he’s excited to have the chance to face Rodgers twice this season.

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“I’ve gotten to know Aaron somewhat bit over time, and I’d contemplate us very shut,” Allen informed Clark in a video posted on Wednesday. “I would not say we textual content on the common. I do not actually name him. I FaceTime him. He often solutions, which is an enormous plus. I do know he does not reply lots of people.”

FaceTime calls grew to become a prime of dialog with Rodgers former workforce, the Green Bay Packers.

Rodgers cited the restricted mobile protection at his Southern California residence in response to Packers Normal Supervisor Brian Gutekunst’s assertion that he tried to contact the quarterback “many occasions” in the course of the offseason because the quarterback’s future hung within the stability.

“You simply gotta FaceTime him, he’ll reply,” Allen deadpanned.

Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Payments and Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Inexperienced Bay Packers meet after the sport at Highmark Stadium on October 30, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photograph by Joshua Bessex/Getty Photographs)

Allen, the 2024 Madden cover athletementioned he grew up watching Rodgers play.

“I’ve simply been such a fan of his since I used to be somewhat child,” mentioned Allen, who is almost 13 years youthful than Rodgers. “Having his jerseys and making an attempt to emulate what he does on the soccer subject. He is such a particular participant. I believe he is essentially the most gifted thrower of the soccer all time. Going up towards him twice a yr, it’ll be a battle.”

This season will not be the primary time that Allen has confronted Rodgers. Throughout Allen’s rookie season, the Payments misplaced to Rodgers and the Packers.

Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen (17) runs a play in the course of the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff soccer recreation towards the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photograph/Joshua Bessex)

Final season, Allen the Bills defeated the Packers 27-17 in Buffalo.

Allen did admit that taking part in in the identical division does current a problem.

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“There’s lots of nice quarterbacks within the AFC proper now,” Allen informed Clark. “These video games are going to be dogfights, and it is not about the way you win them, it is about in case you win them. That is all we’re making an attempt to do, we’re making an attempt to attain another level than our opponent.

“As a quarterback, I’m not actually who’s on the opposite facet of that soccer. I do not play them. I play their protection and their defensive coordinator. However there (are) sure issues that can affect play calling and resolution making primarily based on who’s over there. We do not need to give the ball again to them. We do not need to give them brief fields.”