Despite an injury scare last week, Josh Allen is good to go.
The Buffalo Bills quarterback said on Tuesday that he “will be playing, planning on playing” against the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend. That came after he went down with a foot injury in last week’s game that also kept him out of Tuesday’s walkthrough.
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“I mean, [it’s] still sore,” Allen said, via ESPN. “Walk-through today, so really not practice in general. So yeah, … feeling good.”
while trying to avoid a sack late in the first half of the Bills’ 23-20 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He was tripped up in the backfield, and immediately started twisting his foot in clear pain before hopping back up.
Allen received an X-ray on his foot at halftime, but was cleared to return to the game. He did not end up missing a snap, and finished out the game normally. Allen went 12-of-19 for 130 yards in the win, which was the team’s fourth straight and got them to 11-4 on the season.
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Allen didn’t seem bothered by the injury on Sunday, either.
“We’re gravy baby, it’s all good,” Allen after the win.
Allen has thrown for 3,406 yards and 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions so far this season, his eighth in the league. He earned Pro Bowl honors for the fourth time in his career on Tuesday, too.
The Bills have already clinched their seventh consecutive playoff spot this season, though they are trailing the New England Patriots in the AFC East race. They’ll need some help from New England over the next two weeks in order to clinch the division again, which is something they haven’t lost since 2019.
While Mitch Trubisky is the Bills’ backup, it sounds like Allen will be ready to go on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium. That should help the Bills’ chances to catch the Patriots significantly.
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