Is Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen vaccinated?

THE NFL will crack down on all 32 teams regarding non-vaccinated players and coaching staff members for the upcoming season.

The NFL cannot force players or staff members to get vaccinated; however, they could hold them accountable and potentially hurt their team's playoff hopes.

Is Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen vaccinated?

Players and staff members will now have to think twice about receiving the Covid jab and how they spend their off days in the upcoming season.

Players like Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen are skeptical about the vaccine, claiming to be a "big statistics and logical guy."

In April, Allen was asked about vaccinations on the 10 Questions With Kyle Bandt podcast, to which the QB said he was still thinking about it.

“I’m a big statistics and logical guy,” he said. “So if statistics show it’s the right thing for me to do, I’d do it.

"Again, I’d go lean the other way, too, if that’s what it said.”

Allen acknowledged that he hadn’t “been paying attention to it as much as maybe I should have. I’ve just been doing my thing and masking up when I’m going out and just staying close and hanging around family.”

In May, Allen was asked again about his vaccination status, to which he tried to shut down the dialogue politely.

“Really, throughout the remainder of the season – and we're having conversations as a team – I’m going to keep those conversations and choices of myself and my teammates in-house,” he answered a reporter's question.

What are the new stipulations set to be put in place by the NFL?

On July 22, Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a memo threatening forfeits and revoking game pay if an outbreak among “non-vaccinated players/staff” leads to a cancellation or delay in any of the 272-games scheduled over 18 weeks.

"If a game is canceled/postponed because a club cannot play due to a Covid spike among or resulting from its non-vaccinated players/staff, then the burden of the cancellation or delay will fall on the club experiencing the Covid infection," Goodell’s memo states, according to NFL.com.  

"We will seek to minimize the burden on the opposing club or clubs. If a club cannot play due to a Covid spike in vaccinated individuals, we will attempt to minimize the competitive and economic burden on both participating teams."

While the league hasn’t made Covid jabs mandatory, the message is that there is more incentive to get the owners, teams and coaches to put players on a clock to get inoculated or face the stringent penalties in both the standings and purse.

What did anti-vax players say about the memo?

Some players expressed their discontent over the policy changes, with one comparing it to playing in “jail.” 

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Deandre Hopkins, who is unvaccinated, posted a tweet that suggested he might consider bowing out of the league because of its stringent Covid-19 stance. 

“Never thought I would say this, But being put in a position to hurt my team because I don't want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the @NFL,” he wrote. 

The tweet has since been deleted. 

Afterward, he tweeted, “Freedom?”

He wasn’t the only pro footballer making a fuss. 

Las Vegas Raiders running back Jalen Richard urged players to school themselves on the vaccination rules and "know em like you know your plays" before likening the 2021 season to serving time behind bars.

"We playing in jail this year and you should act as such," he tweeted.

"The only benefit we have is we still get tested every day, but protect yourselves this season. Play ball and go home - sad but a must!"

He softened his stance in a separate tweet: "The term jail is kinda harsh cause there is nothing like jail. So just know the consequences of being unvaccinated and live as such with your well being and everyone around you in mind !"

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley squarely stated he wouldn't be policing any player's health decisions.

"I have never told any player what to do with their body," read his tweet.

"Not one. I’m not gonna tell them they don’t wanna win if they choose to not inject a knee or whatever just so they could play that day when they can barely walk.

"That is their choice to make the decision they think is best."

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was diagnosed last summer with Covid-19, is adamant that the choice should rest with the individual.

“I got the vaccine just because I wanted to put myself in the best situation to be out there for my team week in and week out,” he told ESPN.

“But I mean not everyone feels that strongly or maybe other people still have their view of vaccines.

“You can’t force someone not to do something that they don’t [want] to do to their body.”