Bills Coach Shares Josh Allen Injury Update After NFL Season

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Bills Coach Shares Josh Allen Injury Update After NFL Season

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Yagya Bhargava | Last updated Feb 24, 2026 7:09 PM ET

Josh Allen had another season that reminded the entire league why the Buffalo Bills are built around him and only him.

Through 17 regular-season games in 2025, Allen put up a 102.2 passer rating, 3,668 passing yards and 25 touchdowns through the air. He also had his interception total at 10, one of his cleanest in his career.

On the ground, he added 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns, doing what he always does near the goal line, finishing drives himself when the offense needed it most. His 39 total touchdowns were not just a big number. They were Buffalo's offense.

Then came the injury news. Allen dealt with a foot issue during the season that lingered into the offseason and eventually required surgery.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen warms up before AFC wild card round game vs. the Jacksonville JaguarsMelina Myers-Imagn Images

He showed up to new head coach Joe Brady's introductory press conference on crutches, which got people talking.

Brady addressed it directly at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday, and he did not sound like a man losing sleep over it.

"Josh is — he just played three games, or however many games that was," Brady said, per team's website . "When a guy gets surgery, yet he was able to — when you guys see him in the games and not blink. There's one guy you never worry about is Josh Allen."

Bills quarterback Josh Allen enters on crutches at head coach Joe Brady's introductory press conference.Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

That kind of confidence from a head coach tends to settle things down for a fan base. And given what Allen dealt with through the 2025 season, some perspective helps. He was sacked a career-high 40 times. Not all of it fell on the offensive line either.

Allen's instinct to extend plays, hold the ball and try to manufacture something out of nothing got him into trouble more than once. It is the same aggression that makes him nearly impossible to game-plan for, but it's also what puts extra mileage on his body.

He turns 30 in May, but the Bills mafia knows talent has never been the question with Allen.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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