Josh Allen spent Sunday doing what he so often does: rescuing broken plays, turning pressure into possibility, and giving Buffalo a chance to steal a game late. But the finish was the part the Bills couldn’t survive.
With the Bills down 29-26 and less than two minutes left, Allen and the offense got the ball back looking for a second straight fourth-quarter winning drive. Instead, the possession ended with a costly interception that helped the New England Patriots close out a 29-26 victory and earn their first win of the season. Allen had slipped away from a sack on the play, only to end the sequence with a brutal throw that turned into the game-losing pick.
It wasn’t the only moment Sunday that had Bills fans holding their breath. Earlier, Allen nearly put together one of the most careless and mind-boggling interceptions of the day on a pass that fell incomplete.
It looked spectacular in real time and would have played well online, but it also carried the kind of risk that simply can’t show up in Year No. 9.
The turnover problem has been hanging over Buffalo for more than one week now. In the Bills’ previous game, a 33-30 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the 2025-26 season, Allen threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles. One of those came at the end of the first half, when he was running around with the ball carelessly and left it exposed to be knocked loose.
Sunday’s loss gave Buffalo two more turnovers, and that pushed the Bills to seven giveaways over their last two games. That’s a massive number in such a short stretch, even with last week’s win coming despite five turnovers.
If Buffalo wants any chance at a deep postseason run, this has to get cleaned up fast. And that means the reckless, unnecessary mistakes from Allen have to stop - especially the kind that decided Sunday’s game.
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