Bills rewards NFL MVP Josh Allen with deal reportedly worth $330 million US

John Wawrow · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 09, 2025 9:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

NFL MVP Josh Allen was rewarded Sunday with a declaration hold that is reportedly worthy $330 cardinal US, which would marque him among the league's highest-paid players.

The Buffalo Bills announced the agreement, portion 2 radical with cognition of the woody revealed the contract's worth to The Associated Press. The radical spoke to the AP connected the information of anonymity due to the fact that the Bills did not merchandise that figure, which was archetypal reported by ESPN.com.The Bills did not merchandise the worth of the contract.

The hold comes pursuing Allen's seventh NFL play successful which helium became the Bills 3rd subordinate to gain NFL MVP, and archetypal since moving backmost Thurman Thomas did truthful successful 1991. The caller woody eclipses Allen's erstwhile contract, a six-year $258 woody helium signed with Buffalo successful August 2021.

Allen has established himself arsenic 1 of the league's elite quarterbacks and re-written astir each franchise single-season passing and scoring grounds astatine his position. In doing so, he's flooded the galore questions and criticisms helium faced for being considered a earthy and inaccurate subordinate erstwhile Buffalo selected him with the No. 7 prime successful the 2018 draught retired of Wyoming.

Just arsenic important, Allen has solidified what had been an unsettled presumption successful Buffalo since Hall of Famer Jim Kelly retired pursuing the 1996 season. The Bills nether Allen person won 5 consecutive AFC East titles and are connected a six-year playoff run.

Allen's MVP honour came during a play successful which helium fundamentally did much with what was considered little receiving endowment astir him. Adopting an "Everybody Eats" motto, Buffalo ran distant with the AFC East by clinching the part with 5 games inactive near successful a 13-win play and aft the squad traded apical receiving enactment Stefon Diggs to Houston and mislaid No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis successful escaped agency.

Though Allen failed to apical 4,000 yards for the archetypal clip since 2019, the backmost enjoyed his astir businesslike seasons with a career-low six interceptions, a twelvemonth aft throwing a career-worst 18. Allen finished with 28 touchdowns passing, scored different 12 rushing and was credited with a touchdown receiving aft completing a walk to Amari Cooper, who past lateralled the shot backmost to the quarterback.