BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Josh Allen, coming off his first MVP season and the best year of his career, certainly could have sought a new deal that broke all records for NFL contracts.

But doing so wasn't what mattered most to the Buffalo Bills quarterback.

Allen made history with his recent six-year, $350 million extension by receiving more guaranteed money -- $250 million -- than any other player. The deal's average annual value of $55 million, however, is tied for the second-highest in the NFL and pays Allen $5 million less annually than Dak Prescott's contract with the Dallas Cowboys.

"It didn't seem like from my perspective I was taking a whole lot less," Allen said Wednesday, three days after agreeing to the deal with the Bulls. "But the way I make sense of it, when you start getting these fairly big numbers throughout the entire league -- it's weird to say this -- but what is [$5 million] more going to do for my life that I can't already do right now? It's not that crazy to me.

"I live a pretty good life. Got a house, got a car. We're good."

Allen shared that he instructed his agent, Patrick Collins, not to negotiate a deal that would significantly impact Buffalo's salary cap.

"I wasn't looking to absolutely kill them at every chance I could, and I told my agent that," Allen said. "I was like, 'If it has any impact on the cap, let's figure out a way to not do that.'

"Both sides were willing to move and change different things, and it was a pretty calm-mannered negotiation is what I can say from both sides."

The Bills have been active in the early portion of free agency, signing their own players to extensions -- including wide receiver Khalil Shakir, linebacker Terrel Bernard and defensive end Greg Rousseau -- and agreeing to terms with free agents, including wide receiver Joshua Palmer and defensive end Joey Bosa.

Allen said that with the extension and additions this offseason, the focus remains on achieving that first Super Bowl title.

"That's really the only thing I'm thinking about, just trying to continue to get better and find a way to bring a Lombardi Trophy to western New York," he said. "That's why [general manager Brandon] Beane's kind of doing what he's doing in the free agency period right now, the guys that he's brought in, guys that he thinks can help push us over that hump."