keep it from a strictly broadcasting angle<\/a>,\u201d Allen recently told Alex Sherman of CNBC. \u201cWhen players go from players to journalists and say certain things that they hated people saying about them, I think that\u2019s where it gets a little murky for me. <\/p>\n\u201cBut I do think that it would be something I would entertain. I can\u2019t say for sure, \u2018yes\u2019 or for sure \u2018no\u2019 right now, because I do go back and forth on it. But yeah, I\u2019d have to put some more thought into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
First of all, NFL broadcasters aren\u2019t really journalists. (Then again, plenty of NFL journalists aren\u2019t really \u201cjournalists.\u201d) His job as a game analyst wouldn\u2019t be to find out things \u201cthey\u201d don\u2019t want us to know or to ask hard questions, but to help explain what\u2019s happening on the field.<\/p>\n
Second, it\u2019s possible to be critical without being unfair. Allen\u2019s experience and knowledge will equip him to explain what\u2019s happening during the game, and to walk the line between analysis and criticism.<\/p>\n
The key is to criticize the play without criticizing the player. There\u2019s a skill to it. Say what needs to be said, without saying too much. The audience can complete the thought, if the thought is one that points to a player making a mistake or not giving enough effort or otherwise doing something less than ideal that deserves to be mentioned.<\/p>\n
Third, it pays really well \u2014 if you can snatch one of the prime spots. There aren\u2019t many of them. If that kind of opportunity knocks for Allen, it would be hard to say no, especially since it\u2019s the best way to remain close to the game he loves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight years into his NFL career, Bills quarterback Josh Allen remains in his prime. But the years tend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-758707","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\/758707","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=758707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}