{"id":440228,"date":"2026-01-31T04:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T04:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:51:08","slug":"josh-allen-limps-into-press-conference-on-crutches-as-he-reveals-he-had-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440228\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Allen Limps into Press Conference on Crutches as He Reveals He Had Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nJosh Allen revealed he underwent surgery for a broken bone in his foot during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 29The quarterback described the past few weeks as &#8220;painful&#8221;Allen, who arrived at the conference on crutches, said the operation &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t hinder anything&#8221; in the offseason and added, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Buffalo Bills quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/josh-allen-11810308 \" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a> surprised reporters when he showed up to his first press conference of the offseason on crutches.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The quarterback, 29, was noticeably limping as he entered the media room in a walking boot and with the help of crutches, as seen in videos shared on social media.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> At the podium, Allen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bt7Zszwuf0o\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> he had surgery on a broken bone in his right foot stemming from an injury he suffered in Week 16 of the season. &#8220;I had a little broken bone in there, so they just went in and took it out and cleaned it up,&#8221; he shared.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s a little painful right now, but it wasn&#8217;t a crazy surgery,&#8221; added Allen, describing the past few weeks as &#8220;painful&#8221; and &#8220;not an ideal situation.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The NFL&#8217;s reigning MVP, who is also expecting his first child with wife <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/hailee-steinfeld\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hailee Steinfeld<\/a>, said it wouldn&#8217;t be &#8220;too long&#8221; before he&#8217;s participating in organized team activities again. &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back and [it] shouldn&#8217;t hinder anything,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Bills were eliminated by the Denver Broncos in a 33-30 playoff overtime thriller on Sunday, Jan. 17. After the loss, Allen broke down in tears and apologized to his teammates. \u201cI feel like I let my teammates down tonight,&#8221; he said at the time.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Thursday, Allen said he still feels &#8220;sick&#8221; about the way the Bills season ended and feels like he had &#8220;a part&#8221; in the organization letting head coach Sean McDermott go. &#8220;That&#8217;s the hard part to take in from my perspective, but that&#8217;s reality,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;I still believe that we had the team to win the Super Bowl, and again, we didn&#8217;t make one more play, and that&#8217;s pointing the thumb right at me,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p> Josh Allen on Jan. 17, 2026 in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Perry Knotts\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Going forward, he told reporters he&#8217;s focused on being &#8220;the best quarterback, the best teammate, the best leader that I can be for the Buffalo Bills.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Allen also spoke about his new role as a father. &#8220;This is the most important thing I&#8217;ll ever be in my life, being a dad,&#8221; the NFL star said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Josh Allen revealed he underwent surgery for a broken bone in his foot during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-440228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}