Bills and Steelers surge back up the board; Eagles and Colts plummet

Down 10 points late, with the snow really piling up, Josh Allen and an opportunistic Bills defense dominated the final eight minutes with an incredible flourish against the scrappy Bengals, keeping Buffalo’s faint divisional hopes alive. The Bills will need to beat the well-rested Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough — and do more than that — to even harbor those thoughts, but it’s possible. Yet, I think this team remains dangerous as a wild card, if that’s the way it goes. With the Bengals, Ravens and Chiefs all falling off, and even the upstart Colts falling on hard times, you simply cannot count out an Allen-led group in the playoffs. I’m not ignoring Buffalo’s defensive limitations, nor am I looking away from James Cook‘s rising fumble total. But with Allen, the Bills nearly always have a chance.