Josh Allen Rips Podcaster Over Teammate's Son's Death
Josh Allen Rips Podcaster Over Teammate's Son's Death
The News
The Buffalo Bills announced Saturday that the 2-year-old son of defensive tackle Ed Oliver has died.
ESPN reported the boy died June 28 after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool by family members at a residence outside Houston.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen then turned on the way the news surfaced, criticizing the podcaster who put the death out publicly before the family or the team said anything. Allen told reporters the report made him "sad and angry," according to TMZ, and said it was "no-one's place to let that out," as quoted by the Daily Mail.
Timeline
Oliver's 2-year-old son is found unresponsive in a swimming pool by family members at a residence outside Houston, ESPN reported. The Harris County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene at about 6:15 p.m. and the toddler was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to reporting by Heavy and the New York Post.
Oliver returns to Bills training camp in the weeks after his son's death, drawing positive reviews from teammates, per the same reporting.
Oliver sustains a new injury and is held out of team activities.
A podcaster reports the death. Bills general manager Brandon Beane releases a statement calling the loss "devastating," per the Daily Mail. Oliver is not with the team for its preseason game in Cleveland because of the injury.
Reactions
Allen was the sharpest voice. He said the report left him "sad and angry" and that it was not the podcaster's call to make the death public, TMZ and the Daily Mail reported.
Beane's statement described the loss as "devastating," according to the Daily Mail.
Bills head coach Joe Brady spoke publicly about the death as well, Heavy reported, discussing the toll on Oliver and the locker room.
Teammates offered condolences through the club, with one Bills player quoted by the New York Post saying he did not "have the words." Oliver and his family have asked for privacy and prayers, according to a source close to him.
What's Next
Oliver is away from team activities because of the injury and was not in Cleveland with the Bills.
No official cause of death has been confirmed publicly by Oliver's family or the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The timeline of when the Bills organization learned of the death has not been publicly detailed.
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Oliver, 28, was drafted by Buffalo No. 9 overall in 2019 and has spent seven seasons with the team. He appeared in just three games in 2025 after ankle and biceps injuries.
The fight Allen picked is the one that follows every private family tragedy involving a public figure: who gets to decide when it becomes news. The Bills' announcement came Saturday, nearly two months after the death — and only after someone else said it first.
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