Bills Josh Allen says 'best version of himself' is still ahead

Bills QB Josh Allen is a former NFL MVP with multiple AFC Championship Game appearances, who is knocking on the door of making a Super Bowl berth with Buffalo, and telling reporters he thinks he can still be better.

He's also a new father.

While speaking with the media Monday at One Bills Drive during the team's voluntary veteran minicamp, Allen shared a "change in perspective" he's experienced since he and wife Hailee Steinfeld welcomed their first child, a daughter, earlier in April.

"I'm very excited," Allen said. "I do feel this is going to be the best version of myself."

This is good news, since he's returning from a foot bone removal procedure following a painful January divisional-round playoff exit in Denver.

Allen, who turns 30 next month, was asked whether becoming a father would soften the edge that turned him into a franchise quarterback and league MVP.

"The want to win will never change," Allen said while crediting Steinfeld for handling things so he could be with the team. "The why I want to do it has. So why I want to do it: to show my family, to show my daughter how hard you need to work to accomplish something so great. And as long as I play this game, that's gonna be my mindset."

GM Brandon Beane has spent the last two months responding to areas of roster need. Having also been promoted to a second role, President of Football Operations, he's improving the talent around Allen through free agency and trades, as the Bills enter tonight's NFL Draft seeking to continue to do so.

He's added wide receiver D.J. Moore in a trade, edge rusher Bradley Chubb in free agency, and veteran safety  to the secondary.