Bills' season opener opportunity to showcase Josh Allen's progress - ESPN - Buffalo Bills Blog- ESPN

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The objective for the Buffalo Bills this season is simple. It’s displayed in the team's fieldhouse, where they hung large banners this offseason with the image of the Lombardi Trophy and the message, «One Team, One Goal.»

That messaging and focus on teamwork has been distributed by the team's captains as well.

«Making sure that the messaging that we're giving to each and everybody in the team is concise and is on par for what the captains and what our head coach and our GM wants,» quarterback Josh Allen said Wednesday. «And really what this fanbase wants and so deserves. It's no secret, it's everybody's goal to go out there and win a Super Bowl and it's no different than us but we're also so focused and committed on taking it one game at a time.»

For Allen, chasing that goal has come with a renewed concentration and confidence since the offseason that's noted by coaches and teammates ahead of a the season opener on Monday Night Football against the New York Jets (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC/ESPN+). Allen, 27, is going into his sixth season in the league determined to improve his decision-making and communication with the players around him, while also acknowledging that he is getting older and that taking care of his body is a priority.

«I've always had the mindset of I've been a football player first and a quarterback second, and at some point, that's going to have to switch,» Allen said in April. «When that point is I don't know, I guess I'll let my body tell me. But I do want to be, like I said, I want to be the smartest quarterback with the football in my hands.»

After falling short of the team's postseason goals in each of the last three seasons, the quarterback spent time in the offseason critiquing