Josh Allen is likely one of the finest quarterbacks within the NFL, and his backup Case Keenum is prepared to go to nice lengths to guard him. Earlier this season, Keenum made a cope with Allen in hopes of getting the star quarterback to slip extra usually when operating the ball.
At 6-foot-5 and 237 kilos, Allen isn’t afraid to decrease his shoulder in hopes of choosing up a couple of extra yards on the finish of his runs. However, that additionally exposes Allen to extra hits, which is one thing the Bills wish to keep away from.
In Week 1’s win over the Indianapolis Colts, Keenum watched Allen take an pointless danger within the operating recreation and selected to supply him a deal. Recounting this story to The Athletic, Keenum stated his supply to Allen was not a monetary one.
“I may need incentivized him slightly bit if he would slide throughout a recreation,” Keenum stated. “It was not a monetarily incentivized factor. It was extra one thing that I might do.”
Just a pair weeks later, in Week 3’s recreation in opposition to the Miami Dolphins, Allen slid on the finish of a scramble to guard himself. The subsequent week, Keenum allegedly wore nothing however a jockstrap to the crew’s walkthrough.
“Allegedly,” Keenum stated, “I could or might not have advised him I might put on solely a jockstrap to one among our walkthroughs if he slid in a recreation ft first with no person round him.”
Asked in regards to the deal, Allen wasn’t prepared to substantiate that Keenum went scantily clad to the walkthrough, however he did not deny the story both.
“Ahhh, phew, attempting to jog my reminiscence right here,” Allen stated. “I can neither verify nor deny these allegations. I’m certain a number of the receivers and the operating backs may need one thing completely different to say about that, however I do not actually keep in mind that.”
Even although Allen’s reminiscence of the occasion was slightly fuzzy, that wasn’t the case for his teammates. Fullback Reggie Gilliam has one vivid reminiscence from that walkthrough.
“Bare butt cheeks,” stated fullback Reggie Gilliam.
Quarterbacks coach Joe Brady stated Keenum regarded precisely how you’d assume somebody sporting solely a skinny piece of material round their waste would look.
“Exactly how you possibly can image it,” Brady advised The Athletic. “I do not know if you wish to image that.”
No one outdoors of the quarterback room was conscious of the deal between Keenum and Allen, however extensive receiver Isaiah McKenzie stated he wasn’t precisely shocked that one of many crew’s sign callers would do one thing like that.
“We all know that quarterback room is slightly odd, so that they do a variety of odd issues.”
