Harrison Phillips was in the same Bills draft class as Josh Allen in 2018. They quickly became friends, and Phillips knew right away that Allen would be a big problem for opposing defenses.

Allen’s work ethic and competitive fire had Phillips confident that he would be a star. Allen hated losing at everything, Phillips said, even calling “shotgun” to make sure he sat in the front passenger seat of a car.

Allen has been driving the Bills ever since.

“He let nothing go,” Phillips, now a defensive tackle for the Jets, told Newsday. “He was uber-competitive in everything that we did, non-football-related, football-related. There's just no way someone with that amount of drive would be denied.”

The Jets will try to deny Allen on Sunday when the reigning NFL MVP leads Buffalo into MetLife S

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