Bills receiver Khalil Shakir explains why Josh Allen is 'best player in entire league' after insane touchdown

As he's done truthful galore times, Buffalo Bills MVP backmost Josh Allen scrambled extracurricular the pouch connected a snowy Highmark Stadium turf, surveying the tract done flurries portion defenders were crashing down connected him. 

It was a 14-3 crippled successful favour of Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, a crippled successful which the Bills needed to triumph to support their AFC East part hopes alive, portion maintaining a beardown playoff case. So, arsenic Allen does, helium finds a mode to get the occupation done contempt the circumstances. 

Somehow, immoderate way, helium noticed his trusty receiver, Khalil Shakir, dashing astir the extremity portion connected fourth-and-4 from the Cincinnati 11-yard line. But anyone successful Western New York, and watching astatine home, wouldn't person batted an oculus if Allen didn't propulsion a walk to the No. 10 jersey helium saw streaking done Bengals secondary unit – wherefore hazard a turnover?

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Khalil Shakir of the Buffalo Bills celebrates a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2nd 4th astatine Highmark Stadium connected Dec. 7, 2025 successful Orchard Park, New York. (Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)

Not Allen, though. With a firearm for an limb and assurance that ever seemed to beryllium bigger than the infinitesimal itself, helium threw a effect to Shakir, hitting him betwixt the numbers for a much-needed Bills touchdown successful the 2nd quarter. 

Surprised? Shakir isn't astatine this constituent of his career. 

"I deliberation he’s done it truthful overmuch that I americium conscionable utilized to it," Shakir smiled arsenic helium told Fox News Digital astir his 4th touchdown of the season, portion besides highlighting his concern with Kelley Blue Book. 

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Whether it's his arm, legs, oregon preferably both, it seems Allen is making these highlight-reel plays each week for the Bills. After all, winning MVP means going supra and beyond, and Allen has been the epitome of that for this franchise since helium was taken successful the archetypal circular successful 2018. 

Shakir couldn't beryllium much assured saying his backmost is the champion subordinate successful the NFL, but Allen volition adjacent archer you winning MVP, and a hopeful Super Bowl for his Bills, requires everyone to bash their part. 

Shakir, who signed a four-year hold with the Bills successful February, understands his role. Always expect the ball, adjacent if you person aggregate defenders astir successful snowy conditions portion you're slipping and sliding connected the turf. 

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"In those scramble-play moments, being a accomplishment subordinate connected the tract conscionable to marque yourself disposable for him arsenic overmuch arsenic you can," Shakir explained. "He’s the champion subordinate successful the full league and has the quality to marque these insane plays virtually whenever helium wants to. Knowing that helium trusts america to marque those catches, I deliberation gives him comfortableness successful making that benignant of throw."

Shakir was a fifth-round prime by the Bills retired of Boise State successful 2022, and past twelvemonth saw his champion accumulation with 821 yards connected 76 receptions (100 targets). He proved to beryllium a reliable people for Allen, gathering that spot origin aft tallying 611 yards connected 39 grabs successful 2023.

Trust is the lone mode plays similar that connected Sunday against the Bengals tin work, and it’s thing Shakir takes pridefulness in.

"I had a shallow way and past tried to tally to the sideline and it got blocked off, truthful I conscionable started moving up the field. Then, I’m looking astir and there’s each these achromatic jerseys astir maine and I crook and the ball’s close there," helium said astir the touchdown.

"The information that Josh has the quality to enactment the shot wherever helium wants to due to the fact that helium is that good, it’s insane. So, similar I’ve said 1,000 times, it’s an grant to stock the tract with him. He’s amazing."

Josh Allen and Khalil Shakir of the Buffalo Bills look connected against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Nov. 26, 2023 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Allen volition beryllium leaning connected Shakir and different walk catchers to get the occupation done these remaining 4 games to unafraid different accidental astatine the franchise’s archetypal Super Bowl.

"Being connected the tract with him, it’s important that we get to wherever we request to be, the spots we request to beryllium connected definite plays due to the fact that we cognize the ball’s going to beryllium connected the wealth each azygous time," Shakir said astir his quarterback.

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It’s each nonrecreational athlete’s imagination to get that 2nd contract, which usually means large bucks coming into the slope account.

But Shakir knows that keeping the wealthiness is conscionable arsenic important arsenic earning it. He did a amusive run with Kelley Blue Book, the manufacture modular for conveyance valuations and ratings, arsenic it highlights him inactive driving his 2021 Subaru contempt his large extension.

Khalil Shakir of the Buffalo Bills celebrates with Josh Allen aft scoring a touchdown successful the 3rd 4th of the crippled against the Carolina Panthers astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Oct. 26, 2025 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Matt Kelley/Getty Images)

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Shakir is simply a applicable guy, though, and with his wife, Sayler, and caller babe girl, Sunny Haven, to look aft disconnected the field, helium doesn’t ever request to flash his finances around.

"It was thing that aligned truthful perfectly due to the fact that of however they bash their probe and however they marque their informed decision," Shakir said erstwhile asked astir his concern with Kelley Blue Book. "It’s precisely the manner I similar to unrecorded and it meshed unneurotic with being financially astute with your money."

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