Bills QB Josh Allen has spent Buffalo’s offseason looking for ways to develop further as a player.

In doing so, he has examined a range of things from mechanics to sleep.

“I was getting a little funkier with my mechanics last year, and that’s a shoulder, an elbow here and there,” he told Sports Illustrated.” You’re just trying to tweak things and survive as the year goes by, just trying to figure it out. But having a whole offseason to understand what my body is doing, and trying to do it right, and, yeah, just making sure mechanically I’m as sound as possible.”

He’s also putting his phone down 30 minutes before his target time for sleeping each night. He had tried to fall asleep as soon as possible at the 10:30 p.m. curfew during training camp.

“So we have to be in our room at 10:30,” he shared. “Now, obviously, when you get to your room at 10:30, it’s going to take you probably 30 minutes to fall asleep. But limiting the blue-light exposure to the eyes—stop staring at your screen, and just put it away—helps. Scrolling on your phone while you’re lying down, I think that adds a few more minutes of you being up for no reason.”

I’m trying to get at least eight [hours]. Some nights, like on off days, I’ve been getting more. I’ve been wearing a sleep-tracker, and last off day I got about 10 hours of sleep, which was great.”

The MVP has also cut back on sugar and dairy, and hired a chef to prepare meals for him two nights a week—“That’s still a process,” he noted, “I’m learning about and getting into what’s better for my body.”

He also noted that last season was a time he began to think and take action about taking care of his diet and body health in new ways or levels he hadn’t previously.

“I think about it often,” he continued. “I think about it within my diet, going back to last year, being smarter with what I am putting into my body—more massage, more red-light [therapy], more rehab.”

The QB also realizes it is part of the responsibilities of his job and as a teammate and leader on the Bills.

“I try to simplify it, and really the only responsibility I have is, one, to work as hard as I can, and I want people to see it. I want my teammates to understand that I am still trying to get better. And then two, to treat not only the guys in the locker room, but everyone in our facility right. That’s the cafeteria, that’s the mail room, that’s the training room, and that’s the strength staff. Whatever it is, everyone is important to the success of the organization, from the top to the bottom. And we preach a lot of love in this locker room.”

It’s that level of personal commitment and touch that both makes and reflects why Buffalo has become a stand-apart destination for players that have experienced the culture in the building and in the community.

“Honestly, I take it as such a sign of respect when guys leave and come back and are like, There’s no place like this locker room. It’s just different here.”

Allen’s attention to details is nothing new, afterall he has a handshake for every Bills teammate past and present. But part of the dediccation to fine details and disciplines came by way of an old Bruce Lee clip earlier in the summer that resonated with the NFL MVP.

“The master is asking, What technique are you thinking about?” Allen cited. “And he’s like, I’m not thinking about a technique. So it’s getting to that point where it is not a technique. It’s something that just … it’s autonomously happening. And still trying to rep these drills and understanding—wide base, get my left foot open, keep my left shoulder closed, and turn through it—and eventually at some point it becomes muscle memory and I won’t even have to worry about it.”

And it sounds like Lee’s words registered in the context of detail and discipline in a number of areas, including the aforementioned mechanics.

“There are still so many things I can grow from, mainly with my eyes and my feet,” he said. “I’m still working mechanically and trying to be as sound as possible. But, looking back at the tape last year, there were four or five touchdowns that I missed, which would have been walk-ins. They could have helped us and put us in a better situation.”

Allen plays among a talented generational quarterback group that includes Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Baker Mayfield. Yet only Mahomes has truly been a peer thus far, as the two QBs have set themselves apart with their numbers, not merely generational, but also historical.

Mahomes has achieved some things Allen doesn’t, including one above all others that the QB dreams about and is solely focused on. A Lombardi Trophy and championship.

And when asked what it’ll take to get his team over the top to a Super Bowl, he answered, “Not letting the past impact us. If we keep putting our heads down, keep knocking at the door, the door is going to open eventually.”

And then added with a smile.

“The only thing I can think of is I get the chills just thinking about it. God’s timing is always right.”

This article originally appeared on Bills Wire: What Bills QB Josh Allen is doing to work toward a Super Bowl