When Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen received his first NFL MVP on Feb. 6, he used his time on stage to thank a number of the unsung heroes within the Payments group, together with a mailroom worker often called “Slick Rick.”
“We have got such an ideal locker room in Buffalo … and it takes everyone from the gear employees, to the coaching room, to the energy employees, to Slick Rick within the mailroom, to the cafeteria upstairs,” Allen mentioned. “It actually takes everyone to have crew success, and I am so lucky to be part of an ideal group.”
The person behind the moniker is Payments worker Roderick Morrow, who was caught fully off guard by the shoutout from Allen. The lifelong Payments fan instructed Spectrum News that he couldn’t comprise his feelings when he heard the 28-year-old utter his title.
“When he began speaking, he was speaking about, like, the, you recognize, the trainers, the gear room and the whole lot like that. When he mentioned my title, it was like, I could not consider it,” an emotional Morrow recalled.
“I hate to cry. … I nonetheless do not consider what he mentioned, my title. … I began crying, like my son was in his room watching it, and I began screaming. I used to be like, ‘he mentioned my title.’ [I] stored saying, ‘he mentioned my title,’” Morrow mentioned via tears.
Whereas the inclusion of “Slick Rick” and the remainder of the supporting employees in his speech was not anticipated, it should not come as a shock to followers of Allen that he can be a crew participant off the sector. Along with MVP, the star QB additionally obtained the 2024 Artwork Rooney Sportsmanship Award, which is given to the NFL participant who greatest demonstrates sportsmanship on the sector.
Allen, who beat out two-time winner Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens for the 2024 MVP honor, had a standout season with the Payments. He led his crew to a 13-4 report and one other AFC East title, earlier than falling to the Kansas City Chiefs within the AFC Championship Recreation. Allen recorded 3,731 passing yards, 28 passing touchdowns, 531 dashing yards and 12 dashing TDs, and he locked down the MVP award after receiving 27 first-place votes and finishing with 383 points — which is precisely what Morrow hoped for.
[Related: Josh Allen edges out Lamar Jackson for MVP at entertaining NFL Honors]
“Thursday, once I went house to look at the NFL awards, I used to be saying I used to be going to cry if Josh did not win the award. So when Josh received the award, I used to be joyful and leaping round, overjoyed,” Morrow mentioned in a video posted to the Bills social media pages.
Whereas Morrow was delighted to see Allen get the win, the Buffalo native nonetheless could not recover from the MVP’s acceptance speech.
“I nonetheless cannot consider it to today,” Morrow mentioned. “I am a die-hard Payments fan. I have been a die-hard Payments fan all my life, and I used to be blessed to be dwelling the dream working right here for the Payments and Payments mafia. We’re primary, and we’ll win that Tremendous Bowl at some point.”
It is secure to say that as dedicated to the Payments as Morrow was earlier than the NFL Honors, he has now develop into a Josh Allen fan for all times too.
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