Josh Allen tries to be one step ahead on the football field. Now the NFL star is attempting to do the same off the field.
The Buffalo Bills quarterback figures to have plenty left in the tank for his playing career. At age 30, Allen is in the prime of his career and just recently won the NFL MVP award in 2024. He is still chasing that first Super Bowl, something the Bills franchise has yet to win either.
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Even if Allen plays for another 10 years, it’s never too early to start thinking about the future. Allen joined CNBC’s Alex Sherman for an interview, where the quarterback revealed that he would “entertain” the idea of going into broadcasting when his playing days are finished.
However, Allen does have some reservations about making that leap.
“I do think it would be cool if you can keep it from a strictly broadcasting angle,” Allen told Sherman. “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 would be far from the first star to get a job in the broadcast booth after his on-field career. Just about every broadcast booth has a former player or coach alongside the play-by-play voice to give analysis and break down the game.
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Tony Romo, Troy Aikman, Tom Brady are some of the most notable – and highest-paid – former quarterbacks in those roles right now.
Russell Wilson is among the players that made that career-change this offseason, joining CBS Sports as a studio analyst.
Wilson’s post-career path may be one that is more preferable to Allen if real-time analysis and critique aren’t for him.
In the meantime, Allen has plenty of time left on the field before he is faced with that decision.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Josh Allen to ‘entertain’ idea of broadcasting after NFL career is over
