The Moment During A Josh Allen News Conference He Talks Of Putting His Hands Under Mitch Morse's Butt

These are uncertain and important times for quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills because the team is managing something of a roster reset, preparing for a draft that must restock lost talent, and set expectations for the 2024 season.

And it is within that context that Allen met with reporters Thursday and somehow took the press conference down the road of putting his hands under Mitch Morse's butt.

You gotta love the NFL.

ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 17: Mitch Morse #60 of the Buffalo Bills waits to snap the ball against the Dallas Cowboys at Highmark Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

Josh Allen Takes Presser His Direction

Morse was the Bills' starting center since 2017 – so the entire time Allen has been the quarterback – but was cut this offseason as part of the reset. He's with the Jaguars now and Connor McGovern is expected to take over at center.

Morse was a good player and a team leader, so Allen will understandably miss him.

"I absolutely love Mitch with every ounce of my being," Allen said. "He's one of the greatest dudes in the entire world and I truly mean that. And if you talk to anybody else, they'd say the same thing. A lot of wisdom that he had. I wish him nothing but the best in Jacksonville."

Allen spent time with Morse the last couple of weeks.

"Going to miss him for sure," Allen continued. "Never going to be easy losing someone you've been playing so long with. Kinda of knew each other like the back of our hands …

(Little pause by Allen and then..)

Josh Allen ‘Felt’ Morse Departure

"Literally," he added with a little emphasis. "I kind of felt him on the back of my hand almost every snap …"

Comedic rimshot for Josh Allen here, please.

Reporters covering the Bills, seeing an opening, rolled with the topic of Allen's hand under Morse's butt.

So one asked, not making this up, what "that's physically like for you when you put your hands under Connor for the first time after having Mitch for so long and how you adjust?"

Allen, who is a great dude aside from a great quarterback, seemed happy to continue the line of inquiry.

"Oh, I think, it's going to sound weird, but it's finding a comfortable position," he began.

Right then there were some chuckles in the room.

Morse Is ‘Left-Sided,' Per Allen

"I'm serious," Allen continued. "Mitch was a little left-sided. Every time guys would come, they'd kind of go middle, and I'd have to tell them, ‘{ut your hands a little bit to the left.’ "

So, let's understand what Allen is saying here. Whenever new quarterbacks would come to the Bills, they would place their hands right down the middle, like directly between Morse's butt cheeks.

But because Morse either didn't like it that way or snapped the football a bit left of, well, his crack, Allen would help the new QBs by giving them the tip.

"It just takes a while to get to know somebody and how they snap," Allen said. "Where the laces are in [shotgun] snaps. Like, where's the miss? You know, if I need to get my right hand up a little faster, in case, because I know he's pulling to the left.

"It takes time, it takes repetition. It's like throwing a route with a receiver. I think that's a good comparison."

Having detoured to the left-cheeked Morse long enough, the presser got back on track to the draft and the team and Allen's thoughts on the Stefon Diggs trade. And that was fine.

But those aren't the right topics for the kind of serious, investigative journalism being done in this story.