Are the Bills’ playoff hopes over after their loss to the Eagles?

The Buffalo Bills are 6-6 following a crushing 37-34 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in a game the Bills led by 10 at multiple different points.

Buffalo, which has won the past three straight AFC East division titles, now sits on the outside looking in when it comes to the AFC playoff picture. While the Bills still have around a 10-20% chance of making the playoffs according to various statistical models, “First Things First” host Nick Wright believes Buffalo’s playoff hopes are toast.

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“I’m here to tell you there’s a zero percent chance [the Bills make the playoffs],” Wright said. “The reason people are giving them a chance is, ‘Well, if they win five straight — ‘ They’re not a good enough team to win five straight. If you win six of 12, you’re not, as your schedule all of a sudden turns the hardest, going to all of a sudden turn it on.”

While Josh Allen was excellent, going 29-for-51 with 339 pass yards, 81 rush yards and three total touchdowns, the Bills’ defense could not prevent Jalen Hurts and the Eagles from repeatedly coming back to tie the game and send it to overtime. Allen is now 0-6 in overtime games in his career, which both Wright and Colin Cowherd see as an indictment of his coaching staff, particularly longtime head coach Sean McDermott.

“The Eagles have an absolute offensive identity, and the Bills have a really talented quarterback — that’s not an identity,” Cowherd said on “The Herd” Monday. “They asked Josh Allen to save the day. And sometimes he can, he’s a remarkable player, and sometimes he can’t. In fourth quarters, in crisis, in close games, it’s not enough.”

“Three times this year, the Bills have faced an elite quarterback — last night, Cincinnati when [Joe] Burrow was healthy and the [Jaguars], and they’re 0-3. Because when they face a team that is at least in the stratosphere of Josh Allen’s talent — Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Trevor Lawrence…

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Publish date : 2023-11-28 00:53:46

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