Despite the gap, the Bills' AFC East title hopes are alive. The path is narrow and hinges on Buffalo winning in Foxborough in two weeks. Buffalo must win at New England on Dec. 14 to keeps its division championship hopes alive — and would still need to keep winning while the Patriots lose at least once more.

Heading into Thursday night’s game in Houston, the Buffalo Bills found themselves in a tough spot. With the Patriots sitting at 9-2, along with already having lost a head-to-head battle at home against them last month,

A Bills fan posted a hypothetical situation on X on Friday, asking the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year what his response would be if Bills general manager Brandon Beane asked if he would temporarily relocate his family to return to Buffalo and help the team win a Super Bowl.

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Josh Allen lives in the end zone. The game of football is all about scoring touchdowns, and no one is better at that than Allen. For the sixth straight season, Allen has scored 30 total touchdowns. The only quarterback with a longer streak in NFL history was Drew Brees, who totaled 30 or more touchdowns in nine straight seasons from 2008-16.