Like every weekend on the slate, Week 11 of the NFL had some incredible performances and some wildly perplexing outcomes. We take a look at some of the highlights, lowlights, news and numbers.
We’ve seen it play out multiple times now throughout the 2024 NFL MVP’s career, but not quite to this level.
And how the Buffalo Bills continue to rely on Josh Allen to cover up some of their weaknesses as we move into the second half of the 2025 NFL season?
In a wild affair on Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park, Allen put the Bills on his back in a historic performance while carrying them to a 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The superstar quarterback threw for 317 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 40 yards and three scores rallied from down 32-31 down early in the fourth quarter with two Allen TD runs in the final 9:06.
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He overcame two interceptions by matching his own record after he had become the first player in NFL history to throw for three touchdowns and run for three more in a 44-42 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 8, 2024.
Alvin Kamara (2020) and Tua Tagovailoa (2022) are the only others who have totaled six scores in a game since the start of 2020, but Allen is the only player to do it twice.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Josh Allen celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Allen’s heroics masked some of the underlying issues surrounding the team as it stood in danger of losing for the fourth time in six games after a 30-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 10.
At 6-4, Buffalo would have fallen well back of the 9-2 New England Patriots in the AFC East.
There’s only so much Allen can do if the Bills are going to continue to struggle stopping teams on the ground. Sean Tucker, who is third or maybe fourth on Tampa Bay’s depth chart at running back, ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries as the Bucs totaled 202 rushing yards.
It was the fifth time in 10 games that an opponent has finished with 189 or more yards on the ground. Entering Week 11, the Bills were giving up the third-most rushing yards per play (5.3), had the league’s 10th-worst run success rate allowed (39.7%) and were giving up the fifth-highest explosive play rate (7.1%) on the ground.
Out of the 10 teams that allowed the most rushing yards in 2024, only one made the playoffs – the Washington Commanders. Those Commanders allowed opponents to total 176 or more yards five times – but across 17 games.
At the start of the season, the Opta supercomputer gave the Bills a 24.3% chance of reaching the Super Bowl. That was the highest probability of any team in the NFL. Now the supercomputer has Buffalo’s chances at 11.4% with its serious weakness holding them back.
And there’s only so much Allen can do about it.
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