Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen says he would ‘entertain’ idea to follow Tom Brady, Drew Brees into broadcasting

by | Jul 9, 2026 | Business

Buffalo Bills star quarterback is only 30 years old, but he’s already allowed himself to think about his post-retirement life. Allen told CNBC Sport he would “entertain” a post-NFL career in broadcasting, just as a slew of other quarterbacks have done before him, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan, Tony Romo and Troy Aikman. Still, Allen wouldn’t totally commit, citing an uneasiness with having to be overly critical if it’s not warranted. “I do think it would be cool if you can keep it from a strictly broadcasting angle,” Allen said in an interview. “When players go from players to journalists and say certain things that they hated people saying about them, I think that’s where it gets a little murky for me. But, I do think that it would be something I would entertain. I can’t say for sure, ‘yes’ or for sure ‘no’ right now, because I do go back and forth on it. But yeah, I’d have to put some more thought into it.” Allen’s concerns are somewhat similar to those of another former star quarterback, Joe Montana, who told CNBC Sport earlier this year he never got comfortable with broadcasting because lacking the information players and coaches on the field have can lead to broadcasters making unfair judgments. “Coming from the other side, as a player, you see so many times people were making judgments on a player or on what happened on the field, and they have no idea,” Montana said in a February interview. “It would be hard to judge our receivers and our quarterbacks that played under Bill [Walsh] because our receivers had so ma …

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