Alaina Getzenberg
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Sunday's recreation between the Buffalo Payments and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will mark simply the third time that two of the highest choices from the 2018 draft class will play one another in Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield.
However the jokes between the 2 quarterbacks have already begun.
Throughout his information convention on Wednesday, Mayfield was requested what his relationship with Allen is like and mentioned, “I've to walkie-talkie to him trigger he is so rattling tall, so I am unable to actually have a face-to-face dialog with him. However, you understand, in Buffalo, it is chilly, it is wet. Regardless that he is 6-foot-10, his fingers are small, so he higher put on his gloves.”
The Payments checklist Allen as 6-foot-5 to Mayfield's 6-foot-1.
Buffalo's quarterback was knowledgeable of Mayfield's feedback initially of his personal information convention afterward Wednesday.
“That is loopy,” Allen remarked after listening to Mayfield say he has small fingers.
“Baker wears two gloves {golfing}, so he is that sort of man,” Allen mentioned. “I really like the man. He is superior. To see form of how his profession has progressed and the adversity he is fought by way of and enjoying some actually, actually dang good soccer proper now, I am an enormous fan of his. Anytime I get to look at video games, I am watching what he does, as a result of he is very enjoyable to look at.”
Allen and Mayfield each attended the 2018 Senior Bowl and have interacted through the years, together with {golfing} collectively within the offseason. They've additionally bonded over their love of film quotes, per Allen.
Mayfield was chosen first within the 2018 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, and Allen was the seventh choose by the Payments. Mayfield gained the primary assembly between the quarterbacks in 2019 (Browns 19, Payments 16), then Allen gained the second in 2023 (Payments 24, Buccaneers 18). Loads is on the road once they meet once more in Orchard Park because the Payments look to remain inside attain of the New England Patriots (1.5 video games again), and the Buccaneers attempt to preserve their 1.5-game lead within the NFC South.
