Bills' Josh Allen Says Being Named Most Overrated QB in NFL Is 'a Term of Endearment'

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen isn't upset that his NFL peers think he's overrated.

ESPN recently polled 103 NFL players about different quarterbacks, asking them questions about top quarterbacks, which rookies will have the most success and more. One of the questions players were polled on was who the most overrated quarterback is.

Allen led the way with 11 votes.

"So my reaction is I'm not mad that 11 players not on my team don't like me, right?" Allen told Adam Schien of SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio (h/t Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio). "So that's number one. I actually think that's a term of endearment. When other players don't like me that means I'm doing something the right way. I am mad at, however, I'm never, ever invited to participate in these anonymous surveys. So, that's where I find this frustrating. I want to be a part of these surveys, too, and give my input as well."

Allen had another impressive year in 2023 with 4,306 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns, 524 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground. While he had the fourth-most passing yards and fifth-most passing touchdowns in the NFL, he also had the second-most interceptions with 18 and was tied for the fifth-most fumbles with five.

Despite the mishaps, Allen led Buffalo to the playoffs for a fifth straight season. Last season marked the most consecutive playoff appearances for the Bills since the late 1980s and early 1990s.

However, as has happened three times so far in Allen's six NFL campaigns, Buffalo's season ended at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Other top-vote-getters in ESPN's poll included Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence. A common denominator among those players, besides Hurts, is a lack of a deep playoff run. If Allen wants to shed his title of most overrated, it will likely mean getting over the hump and reaching his first Super Bowl.

But Allen said he won't use the title as motivation. He said his resume speaks for itself and he'll instead continue to do what he does.

"I would love to say. 'Yes, it does motivate me,' and I could put it on my locker and use it as bulletin board material," Allen said. "But the fact is . . . I'm going into year seven, I'm coming out of a small farm town called Fireball, California, I had no offers, went the junior college route, ended up having one offer, University of Wyoming, got drafted seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills. So, again, I'm in a spot where not many people — maybe me and my family are the only people that thought that I'd ever be here — so I'm gonna keep running with that, it serves me well, and I'm just gonna keep playing football the way I know how to play it."

For Allen, he'll hope this season will yield mistake-free football and postseason success, and perhaps that will lead to players questioning whether he's actually the most overrated quarterback.