Buffalo’s FATE: Josh Allen, AFC East Tiebreakers, and the Playoff Battle INTENSIFY

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills cling to slim AFC East hopes—can Josh Allen’s squad still pull off a late-season surge? Joe Marino breaks down the Bills’ complex playoff scenarios, tiebreaker implications with the New England Patriots, and what it will take for Buffalo to secure a wild card berth. Key topics include James Cook’s increased workload and recent turnovers, Shaq Thompson’s rejuvenated influence on run defense, and TJ Sanders’ unconventional development at defensive end. Position battles heat up as Joe Marino explores the futures of Taron Johnson and Terrel Bernard, potential role changes for Darnell Savage and Jordan Hancock, and critical adjustments in the Bills’ defensive strategy. With must-win games looming and personnel questions unresolved, the discussion highlights Buffalo’s evolving identity, playoff mindset, and the looming challenge from division rival New England Patriots. Don’t miss this essential guide to the Buffalo Bills’ postseason push.

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0:00.0	With four games left to go in the regular season, the Bills are alive in the
0:06.7	AFC East, but barely what are the chances they can pull it off?
0:10.7	What is the playoff outlook?
0:12.6	We're going to break that down today on Locked on Bills.
0:25.4	You are locked on Bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.
0:30.9	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:33.7	What's up, Bills Mafia?
0:39.1	It's Joe Marino, author of the Heard Mentality Substack, co- of the Lockedon NFL Scouting podcast, co-host of the NFL First Read podcast, and I'm your host of
0:44.1	Locked On Bills. Locked on Bills is a proud part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number
0:49.2	one sports podcast network. I want to thank you for making Lockdown Bills your first listen every day
0:55.0	and a big welcome and shout out to our everydayers. You know who you are. Those of you who never
1:00.4	miss a single episode. I appreciate y'all being here very, very much. Today's episode is brought
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1:10.6	and place your NFL live bets all season long.
1:14.2	Well, folks, welcome in.
1:15.6	It's time for herd mentality, the weekly episode where you control our discussion.
1:20.5	And we have some great stuff to dive into, including a question about James Cook and his workload.
1:26.6	We'll talk about some defensive things like T.J. Sanders,
1:29.6	Taryn Johnson, Terrell Bernard.
1:31.6	But we start with a couple of items regarding the bills and their chances of winning
1:36.7	the AFC East and, of course, the overall playoff outlook.
1:41.6	First one comes from John.
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