As such, VJ Edgecombe can’t wait longer to share the court with his childhood idol and play with a much more formidable Sixerssquad. “Just to learn, man. To me, he is the greatest of all time, so now we got him, [Jaylen Brown], Joe [Embiid], [Tyrese Maxey], it’s a squad,” Edgecombe added. “I’m just excited to learn, and then what we can do on the court.”
Josh Allen cried through his entire postgame interview with the media. Teammates cried too, talking about the burden Allen was under. It was jarring. Most Super Bowl-losing locker rooms aren’t that mournful.
There’s pressure on everyone in the NFL to win. There’s added pressure on every quarterback to win big. There’s no QB under more pressure to win than Allen, not just in 2026 but perhaps since Peyton Manning was chasing his first Super Bowl ring. Lamar Jackson might argue, but at least the Ravens have a championship. The Bills, one of 12 franchises to never win a Super Bowl, have a championship-level quarterback but they haven’t even won an AFC title since 1994, two years before Allen was born.
Allen said after that Broncos loss that he felt he let his teammates down. The entire Bills franchise has to be feeling the weight of letting Allen down. That’s why there were tears.
Allen turned 30 in May. He’s not near the end, but urgency is growing. That’s why the Bills made the surprising decision to fire head coach Sean McDermott. Not many coaches with seven straight double-digit win seasons get fired after an overtime loss in the divisional round, but emotions were high. Bills owner Terry Pegula admitted the move was made “based on the results of our game in Denver,” and he described the devastation of Buffalo‘s players afterward, particularly Allen.
“I saw the pain in Josh’s face at his presser, and I felt his pain,” Pegula said. “I know we can do better, and I know we will get better.”
McDermott was replaced by offensive coordinator Joe Brady, who had been getting other head coaching interviews and offers some level of continuity for Buffalo. The Bills’ big move of the offseason was a trade with the Bears for receiver DJ Moore, a move they hope upgrades a unit that Allen had been carrying. The Bills didn’t ignore the defense, signing pass rusher Bradley Chubb to a deal worth $14.5 million per season, and also cornerback Dee Alford and safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to help the secondary.