Josh Allen: Inaccuracy issue 'little blown out of proportion'

Former Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen has a chance to be the first player off the board come April 26, but his detractors point to accuracy issues in college as the potential Achilles' heel for him in the NFL.

Allen completed around 56 percent of his passes in back-to-back seasons - far below the standard set by fellow top quarterback prospects Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold, and Baker Mayfield - but believes the criticisms leveled at him are unfair.

"The inaccuracy issue," Allen told Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. "Going back to college having a 56-percent completion percentage. Obviously, it's not great. But I think that it's a little blown out of proportion. I do think that I'm accurate. Jordan Palmer's helped me out a lot throughout this process with getting my feet right. Once we did that (I'm) throwing the ball a little easier. The ball's coming out and where it's supposed to be."

Allen played in a downfield offense at Wyoming and pointed to the scheme's difficulty level and his struggles with consistent technique as the reasons for his subpar accuracy.

"I think if you look at the film at the times that I did miss, my feet were jacked," Allen said. "Going back to our offensive system I was asked to do a lot of things within our system. Threw the ball downfield a lot. I am the one to admit that I didn't put the ball where it needed to be all the time. But, you know, given the circumstances that we had in Wyoming, we won two back-to-back eight-win seasons. It was a place where we ended up winning football games. I think that I helped out in that manner putting the team in the best position to win football games."

The Cleveland Browns are reportedly still undecided on which quarterback to take with the No. 1 overall spot. Allen is believed to be in competition with Darnold, who produced a 64.9-percent career completion percentage while at USC.