Josh Allen and wife Hailee Steinfeld (Imagn Images)
Josh Allen ran for 121 yards and led the Buffalo Bills past the Los Angeles Rams, 37-34, in overtime on Monday night at SoFi Stadium. A 37-34 overtime game asks a lot from a quarterback, and Allen’s legs were a big part of the answer.
“Is my wife in one of these suites somewhere?” he said in a video Sports Illustrated shared on social media. It was a long, tight night, yet Allen’s first priority seemed to be somewhere else. What came after the final whistle is getting more attention than the win. A video shows Allen asking a stadium staffer where his wife was. Hailee Steinfeld had watched the game from a suite, and the quarterback clearly wanted to find her. The clip has spread across social media, and fans keep sharing it. Buffalo did not have a comfortable night. Neither did anyone watching. Then the game ended, and Allen could not find her. He stopped on the field and raised his hands above his eyes to block the glare from the stadium lights. He appeared to scan the stands. Then he asked a SoFi Stadium staffer for help. “Does anybody know? It is easy to see why. Allen had just beaten the Rams in a tight game, and here he was, shading his eyes and asking a staffer to point him toward his wife. For Allen, the pressure of a Monday night game does not end at the whistle. There are cameras, reporters and a long walk to the tunnel. In the middle of all that, he looked for one person.