Buffalo Rumblings
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.
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.
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.”
