Josh Allen leaves 'Slick Rick in the mailroom' in disbelief with MVP speech shoutout

When Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen won his first NFL MVP on Feb. 6, he used his time on stage to thank some of the unsung heroes in the Bills organization, including a mailroom employee known as "Slick Rick."

"We've got such a great locker room in Buffalo … and it takes everybody from the equipment staff, to the training room, to the strength staff, to Slick Rick in the mailroom, to the cafeteria upstairs," Allen said. "It truly takes everybody to have team success, and I'm so fortunate to be a part of a great organization."

The man behind the moniker is Bills employee Roderick Morrow, who was caught completely off guard by the shoutout from Allen. The lifelong Bills fan told Spectrum News that he could not contain his emotions when he heard the 28-year-old utter his name.

"When he started talking, he was talking about, like, the, you know, the trainers, the equipment room and everything like that. When he said my name, it was like, I couldn't believe it," an emotional Morrow recalled.

"I hate to cry. … I still don't believe what he said, my name. … I started crying, like my son was in his room watching it, and I started screaming. I was like, ‘he said my name.’ [I] kept saying, ‘he said my name,’" Morrow said through tears.

While the inclusion of "Slick Rick" and the rest of the supporting staff in his speech was not expected, it shouldn't come as a surprise to fans of Allen that he would be a team player off the field. In addition to MVP, the star QB also received the 2024 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, which is given to the NFL player who best demonstrates sportsmanship on the field.

Allen, who beat out two-time winner Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens for the 2024 MVP honor, had a standout season with the