The Buffalo Bills fell to the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football, but that wasn’t the only loss the Bills suffered in Week 12.
With six games remaining in the regular season, today’s edition of Buffalo
Rumblinks leads off by examining where the Bills find themselves in a crowded AFC playoff picture.
Bills currently are the No. 7 seed in the AFC
On Sunday, the New England Patriots (10-2) held off the Cincinnati Bengals to take a 2.5-game lead over the Bills (7-4) in the race for the AFC East title, and to make matters worse, the Bills fell from the five seed to the seven seed after the Jacksonville Jaguars outlasted the Arizona Cardinals in overtime.
Now, not only is Buffalo’s five-year reign atop the division in serious jeopardy, but with T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig and the pass-rush dominant Pittsburgh Steelers on tap for Week 13, another loss by Buffalo could see the Bills on the outside looking in for the race for a playoff spot, since, with a loss, Pittsburgh would leapfrog Buffalo in the Wild Card standings.
- NFL playoff picture, Week 12: Patriots seize control of AFC; Eagles lose grip on NFC – The Athletic (subscription required)
- Sunday results leave Bills in dangerous playoff position ahead of Steelers matchup – Sports Illustrated Buffalo Bills
- 2025 NFL Playoff Picture – NFL.com
- NFL Playoff Picture 2025: Updated AFC and NFC standings, bracket – NBC Sports
- 2025 NFL Playoff Picture, Week 12: Who’s In and Who’s Out – Sports Illustrated Buffalo Bills
- 2025 NFL playoff picture: Who’s in, who’s out and who’s in the hunt as the AFC and NFC races heat up – CBS Sports
- The AFC Playoff Bracket Is Upside Down, But Familiar Teams Have One Reason to Believe – Sports Illustrated Buffalo Bills
- NFL Playoff Bracket Picture 2025-26 and AFC, NFC Standings After Week 12 SNF – Bleacher Report
Josh Allen has Wyoming jersey retired
At halftime of Wyoming’s home football game against Nevada, Josh Allen’s No. 17 jersey was retired by the Cowboys. Allen became just the third student-athlete in Wyoming history to have his jersey retired, joining former men’s basketball players Fennis Dembo and Kenny Sailors.
“First off, I just want to say thank you for everybody coming out tonight. This is such an amazing honor, a huge blessing,” Allen said during the ceremony. “There’s so many people that I can thank for this achievement. A lot of teammates here. Love you guys. … Coach Bohl, coach [Brent Vigen], people that believed in me. The fans, and the support here in Wyoming. I’m so honored and blessed to represent this university and this beautiful state. I love you guys. Thank you. God bless. Go Pokes, and it will always suck to be a CSU Ram.”
- Wyoming retires Josh Allen’s No. 17 during halftime ceremony: ‘This is such an amazing honor’ – Buffalo News (subscription required)
- Bills’ Allen has No. 17 jersey retired by Wyoming – ESPN.com Buffalo Bills blog
- Josh Allen Mic’d Up For Wyoming Jersey Retirement – BuffaloBills.com
- Josh Allen’s No. 17 jersey retired by Wyoming – The Athletic (subscription required)
- Photos | Josh Allen’s Jersey Retirement Ceremony at University of Wyoming – BuffaloBills.com
Even more Bills news
Find out what running back Ty Johnson did to warrant a fine from the NFL; plus, who deserves the blame for Josh Allen being sacked eight times vs. Houston; why offensive coordinator Joe Brady didn’t put Allen and the Bills in position to succeed in the loss to the Texans; and more!
- Bills running back Ty Johnson fined for touchdown celebration – Buffalo News (subscription required)
- Bills player fined for ‘obscene gesture’ in win against Buccaneers – WGRZ
- Bills Mailbag: Who’s responsible for Josh Allen being sacked so much against Houston? – Buffalo News (subscription required)
- Jim Kubiak: Josh Allen still trying to do more than he should, and Bills had poor game plan vs. Texans – Buffalo News (subscription required)
- This former first-round NFL draft pick just got waived after only 10 games with his new team – newyorkupstate.com
