There is a reason why Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen won the league's MVP award in 2024.
Buffalo's All-Pro signal-caller carried the organization to the AFC Championship Game for the second time while improving his touchdown-to-interception ratio along the way. This all came without a 1,000-yard receiver and a defense that struggled mightily during the regular season.
And yet ...
As great as Allen was last year, there are still things that the signal-caller believes he can improve on, though.
Speaking via the team's website this week, Allen made it clear that he was focused on improving one area of his game the most.
Pre-snap reads.
"Pre-snap is what we're looking at right now, just trying to help me identify what I'm seeing," Allen said. "Better with my footwork in certain routes and certain combinations, making sure that within the offense I'm doing a good job of setting the protections the right way, knowing where my answers are."
Allen - at 6-5 and 240 with a rocket arm and ball-carrying skills - is among the most gifted athletes the league has ever seen, especially at quarterback. If he can match the mental part of his game to the physical, it won't be long before the MVP hoists a Super Bowl trophy over his head.
Those things take time, though. Buffalo is trying to find a way to knock off other top contenders in the AFC, like the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. All three teams are also trying to knock off the Kansas City Chiefs in the conference.
Allen has played well in almost each playoff game against Buffalo's conference rivals but has yet to walk off victorious.
That is why he believes his work on pre-snap reads could be an essential addition to his game.