Josh Allen wins 2024 NFL MVP, thanking family, team, and fiancé in speech
Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen, AP Most valuable player speaks during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/David J. Phillip]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Bills Mafia has been chanting “MVP” all season for quarterback Josh Allen. Now, those hopes have become a reality.
Allen has been named the 2024 NFL MVP, the Bills quarterback’s first time winning the honor. Allen threw for 28 touchdowns on the season, ran for another 12, and even hauled in a receiving touchdown while turning the ball over just eight times. His 41 total touchdowns ranked fourth most in the NFL. Allen also led the Bills to their fifth-straight AFC East Championship.
In his speech, he thanked his family, his fiancé Haley Steinfeld, and the entire Bills organization.
“We’ve got such a great locker room in Buffalo and it takes everybody, from the equipment staff to the training room to the strength staff to Slick Rick in the mail room to the cafeteria upstairs. It truly takes everybody to have team success and I’m so fortunate to be a part of a great organization,” Allen said.
Allen said his family members rarely missed a game growing up and knows they take pride in the award as well.
“In my 20-plus years of playing football, going down to Pop Warner, I bet you they’ve missed maybe 15 games in their entire life. They are so dedicated to supporting me and my favorite teammates, who are my sister, my brother, and my little sister, Nicola, Jason, and McKenna. Thank you guys for all the support, all the time, money, energy growing up. From going from meet to game to practice every day. I love you guys. I know you take a lot of pride in this as well,” Allen said.
Oishei Children’s Hospital put together a video for Josh for his MVP win. His reaction to the video is a tear-jerker.
Allen beat out Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, and Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who were all finalists for the award.
Allen also won the league’s Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award and the FedEx Air Player of the Year.
Bills safety Damar Hamlin was also at the awards ceremony, nominated for Comeback Player of the Year. He fell just short to Joe Burrow. Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady also fell short of Assistant Coach of the Year. Read how the voting process works here.