“Here to support him in any way I can”

Going into the offseason, Buffalo was a hopeful destination for Kyle Allen. The QB officially made Buffalo home on Thursday, signing a one-year contract.

So why the Bills? His good friend, former roommate, and offseason training partner Josh Allen may have had something to do with the draw to Buffalo.

“It was more me recruiting him (Josh) to let me come up here,” Kyle Allen said. “I mean you look at guys across the league who you respect and who you want to play behind and help support, I think Josh is at the top of the list. Not only is he a good friend to me, but just from a quarterback standpoint around the entire NFL, he’s one of the best in the league and he does it the right way.”

And almost 24 hours into the free agency period, general manager Brandon Beane reunited the two friends and made Kyle a Buffalo Bill.

“I’m just here to support him in any way I can,” Kyle said. “I think our relationship over the last six years, we’re super close. We’re boys. Same with (Matt) Barkley, they’re boys. And with Case (Keenum) it became that way last year. But I think that we can really help him and have real conversations with him, and he can respect our opinions in other ways where sometimes you’re in different quarterback rooms where guys don’t really know each other and maybe the respect isn’t there. But I think the respect is fully there all around the room.”

The GM shared that he had been checking in on Kyle throughout his time in Carolina and and Washington, and he likes the skill set and experience that he can add to the Bills roster.

“He’s athletic, he can make all the throws and the thing I talked about with Kyle, some of the downfalls that he’s had is just, it’s funny, it’s a little bit like Josh, when he tries to do too much,” Beane said. “When he’s playing in the system, spitting the ball out, he’s won some games as a starter. Good to add him to the mix.”