John Elway said on a recent podcast that he regrets not drafting quarterback Josh Allen in the 2018 NFL draft. Instead of grabbing the Wyoming quarterback who has developed into one of the league's best players, Elway selected North Carolina State pass rusher Bradley Chubb.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen runs a drill as quarterbacks Shane Buechele and Mitchell Trubisky look on during an NFL football training camp practice in Pittsford, N.Y., Sunday, July 28, 2024. “Last year I played with him and I’m wondering, ‘How long is it going to take him to realize that I passed on him and took Bradley Chubb instead?’ And it took him two and a-half holes,” Elway recalled during a recent appearance on Barstool Sports ’ “Pardon my Take” podcast.
Elway bypassed the strong-armed quarterback who had completed 56% of his passes during his two seasons as a starter in windy Wyoming, just a 130-mile jaunt up Interstate 25 from Denver. Elway had just signed Case Keenum, coming off a breakout season in Minnesota, and he was still smarting over his selection of another tall, strong QB from a small school in the first round two years earlier.
Elway’s double-whammy of selecting Lynch and bypassing Allen set in motion a long slide for the once-proud franchise which has failed to reach the playoffs since their Super Bowl triumph following the 2015 season.
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