NFL Injury Report: What Keeps Josh Allen Going? Bills QB Part of Every Regular Season Game in Last 4 Years

Injuries are commonplace in the NFL, so it is somewhat impressive when a player survives multiple seasons without missing a game. Despite minor injuries, quarterback Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills has achieved the feat of playing in every game in the past four seasons, and it’s nothing less than a miracle!

Allen has played every one of the 67 games of his team, with 4,283 yards and 51 touchdowns in the 2023 season. The quarterback has battled a shoulder injury throughout the last season but has been consistent in the games. In the 2024 season, fans wonder if the QB will take some time off to care for his ailment.

Josh Allen’s perfect 67/67 record

The Bills quarterback has become the only quarterback not to miss a single game in the last four seasons. While speculations kept cropping up about him skipping a game due to his “sore neck” or the sprained elbow, Allen has been persistent. Not only has Allen attended all 67 of the Bills’ games, he hasn’t given an underwhelming performance either.

Allen had consistently remained in the Top 3 positions for the most number of touchdowns since 2021; topping the chart with 29 passing touchdowns in the 2023 season. He further finished the season with 66.5% completed passes, 18 interceptions, and 4,306 yards.

Allen’s skills as a quarterback are impressive, ranked fifth in the NFL by Fox Sports. But as luck might have it, the Bills haven’t been able to make it to the Super Bowl in his six seasons with the team. As the team prepares for next year’s Super Bowl, Allen’s shoulder injury poses a major question mark on his presence in the team.

Will Allen go for shoulder surgery before the 2024 season?

In Week 6, Allen suffered a head injury in his match against the New York Giants, where he had to exit for some time before rejoining the game after a few plays. Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the quarterback again hurt his shoulder, from which he said he feels “discomfort” as a thrower in a conversation with ESPN. Later, he described the pain as “funky” during the match against the Patriots in Week 17.

“Obviously, unfortunate when it’s your throwing shoulder,” Allen told ESPN. “As a thrower, you don’t like feeling any sort of, I wouldn’t even call it pain, just discomfort in there. So, we’re just trying to stay on top of it and get ahead of it when we can.”

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Per Buffalo News, Allen said he wouldn’t be getting surgery “at the moment,” despite the pain changing his throwing style. After his loss to the Chiefs that crushed the Bills’ chances of reaching the Super Bowl, Allen talked about how the pain has altered his throwing dynamics.

“If you talk to any thrower — pitcher, quarterback — any time you feel pain in your throwing shoulder or your elbow or your hand, it’s never a good thing,” Allen said, per Rochester First, “It’s never comforting. And it can tweak sometimes how you deliver the ball. Throughout the season, it’s kind of a mental gymnastic you have to take (into account) too, of, all right, the ball’s not coming out the right way; mechanically, (it) doesn’t feel like me. What can I do to fix this?”

As of now, Josh Allen is not considering going for surgery in the offseason. It’ll be interesting to see whether this decision will affect the Bills’ performance or if Allen, as always, will perform past it.

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