JACKSONVILLE – He wants more and expects more.
Josh Allen typically is candid in discussing his performance, and the Jaguars’ veteran outside linebacker this week discussed his 2022 season to date in a typical fashion. As he sees it, he has played well this season at times.
He just doesn’t believe he has done it often enough.
“I absolutely have not been playing to the standard I know I can play,” Allen said as the Jaguars (2-6) prepared to play the Las Vegas Raiders (2-5) at TIAA Bank Field Sunday at 1 p.m.
“Consistently bad? I don’t feel like I’ve been consistently bad. I just haven’t been consistently making those plays I know I can make – and should make.”
Allen, the No. 7 overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, leads the Jaguars with three sacks and 12 pressures this season and is second on the team with five tackles for loss. Head Coach Doug Pederson this week called the fourth-year veteran “a good player and a good leader.”
“Josh is really valuable to this football team,” Pederson said. “He knows there are times he needs to play better and that can be the case for a few guys. That’s all part of the longevity of a season. It’s the grind of a season and being at your peak every single Sunday. Coaches and players … you can’t take plays off, you can’t take days off, you can’t rest. You just have to keep pushing.
“He knows that and understands that. We expect great things from him.”
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