Stats are for losers, and the one thing I'd like to point out, while at Wyoming, we won games, and I definitely think that's how quarterbacks are judged in the NFL.
Josh Allen
If you didn't want to believe in me, that's OK, because I'll make a believer out of you.
Everybody's got their own opinion and their own say. In today's age, everybody wants to be right, so there's people that hate you; there's people that love you.
My mom used to call me Joshy Boucher. I watched 'The Waterboy' so much, my mom started calling me Joshy Boucher. True story.
I'm not going to bow down to anybody, not going to back away from anybody.
Literally everybody talks about 56 percent completion percentage. It gets brought up in every meeting. It's something I'm trying to work on.
I'm the ultimate competitor.
I'm a firm believer in your gut being undefeated.
Heaving up a blind pass to maybe pick up 10 yards, rather than throwing the ball away - I can't do that.
I am the one to admit that I didn't put the ball where it needed to be all the time. But, you know, given the circumstances that we had in Wyoming, we won two back-to-back eight-win seasons. It was a place where we ended up winning football games.
Seeing my dad wake up super early when the sun wasn't even out and then coming home when the sun was set, he worked his tail off to provide for our family and did a great job. He's the most selfless man I know, and I think if I'm half the man he is, I'll be all right in this world.
My dad has sayings for days. 'You bloom where you're planted' ties into farming, but it also sums up the ideals and morals that we have as a family by staying in Firebaugh.
I know I've got a lot of flaws as a quarterback.
In my opinion, there's nothing better than practicing a play all week and then going on the field and thinking, 'This is going to be a touchdown.'
I want to be the guy that turns around the Cleveland Browns. The guy that does that is going to be immortalized in Cleveland forever.
I don't think I have accuracy problems. I do think when my feet aren't set, I deliver a different type of ball.
My biggest interest of being the No. 1 pick, obviously the pressure that comes along with that, I would love to have that pressure on my shoulders because I've always thrived in those situations, and I feel like Cleveland would be a great spot to be.
There's a lot of pressure that comes with being a NFL quarterback wherever you're at, and I'm ready to tackle any situation that's in front of me.
I just love how fluid football has to be, how much time and energy it takes to practice and then taking it to the field and executing in a game situation.
I'm going to prove I belong. There's a lot of skepticism about the type of player I am, where I come from, the University of Wyoming, obviously.
I got to start limiting the hits I take on myself.
I think that kids who are at smaller schools or don't have offers from big schools can look at my story and continue to work hard. I preach to them that it doesn't matter where you come from: it matters how you play and how you apply yourself.
It's every kid's dream to be drafted No. 1.
Football's a part of me. If I'm not playing, then I'm not me.
There are times in my career where I could've called it quits, and that would've ate at me for the rest of my life.
I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.
I'm making throws where I don't have to second guess, putting the ball where it needs to be, and when I'm making each throw, there's no grabbing or pulling in there, and it feels comfortable and fluid.
I'm a competitor, and I'm sure a lot of people who don't get to play because of an injury, whether it's their pride or their ego, whatever it is, they want to be out on the field.
It's football. The game hasn't changed. There's not tons of new concepts every year that go in. Offense is offense; it's our job to move the ball, to score points, and keep our defense off the field.
It's really cool to feel wanted by the fans.
A defensive coordinator is always going to try to throw you something different and get you out of your element, and I have to do better with the pass protection.
That preconceived notion of me being inaccurate is completely false, and I look forward to changing that over time.
It's intimidating to come out and hear the 'Skol' chant.
The only thing I've ever wanted to do is play professional football, and be a professional quarterback, so now that it's here and it's getting close, it's just kind of making all that pain and suffering and waiting and working hard worth it.
The reason I want to be out on the field is to help my team, whatever which way possible I can. When I can't do that, it hurts me.
I don't care how ugly the stats look. If we're out on top, that's all I care about.
I'm not going to sit here and say I know everything about everything. I definitely have work to do. The thing is, I'm willing to admit that.
There's one thing about me: I do love the game of football.
I was in junior college a few years ago, so to be here sitting in this spot talking to these NFL executives, it's a dream come true. It's something that not a lot of people saw coming.
I can care less what people say about me. If I can go to the facility, work out, play football, and go home, that's what I would do. I'm a big-time football guy. I could care less about the outside.
Any rookie that can develop a mentorship with a former quarterback like Jim Kelly, it's going to be huge.
I've never done any arm-strengthening drills.
I am way more accurate than my completion percentage shows.
Everybody does things well in their own aspect. We're all different. We all have our plusses and minuses.
I'm not really too focused on where I get drafted. It's what I do after I get drafted.
Whatever team I go to, I'm going to give them everything, show them the type of character that I am because, like I said, my teammates know exactly who I am; they can vouch for me.
Hue Jackson is a great guy.
At the end of the day, it's not where you get drafted. It's not going to set you in stone with how good you're going to be in your NFL career. Obviously, it's being surrounded by the right people, the right coaches, how you present yourself, how you work hard.
I truly felt like I was a Division I quarterback, and I'd felt that way for a long time. I just wanted other people to see it.
I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no different for me.
