Josh Allen suggests Bills would have made Super Bowl over Patriots had they beaten Broncos

Buffalo Bills backmost raised eyebrows with comments astatine the team's end-of-season quality league this week erstwhile helium suggested his squad would beryllium successful the Super Bowl had it beaten the Denver Broncos.

The Bills fell conscionable abbreviated of Denver successful a 33-30 overtime nonaccomplishment successful the divisional circular Jan. 17. But adjacent if the Bills won that game, they would person had to bushed the New England Patriots successful the AFC title to scope the Super Bowl.

But Allen didn't look to relationship for the anticipation of losing to the Patriots erstwhile helium made those comments. 

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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen speaks astatine a quality league aft a crippled against the New England Patriots successful Foxborough, Mass., Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

"I'd beryllium lying to you if I'm sitting present saying that I consciousness similar I had portion successful it due to the fact that if I marque 1 much play, that crippled successful Denver, we're astir apt not having this property league close now," Allen told reporters. "We're astir apt not making a change. In each honesty, we're astir apt getting acceptable to play different game."

That prompted disapproval connected societal media.

"Josh Allen the king of what if’s," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X. 

One X idiosyncratic wrote, "Guy who has ne'er made a Super Bowl thinks helium would’ve made Super Bowl if helium hadn’t failed yet again to marque Super Bowl."

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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) passes against the New England Patriots during the 2nd fractional successful Foxborough, Mass., Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "And if Tom Brady mislaid each those Super Bowls helium wouldn’t person won them. I mean the hypothetical crippled is bully and each but backmost successful the existent satellite Allen has ne'er travel done and taken his squad to a Super Bowl. It’s who helium is." 

Allen had 4 turnovers successful the playoff nonaccomplishment to the Broncos but seemingly made a play that could person won the crippled successful overtime erstwhile helium delivered a heavy walk to wide receiver Brandin Cooks that looked caught astatine first. But aft Cooks deed the ground, the shot was pulled distant by Broncos antiaircraft backmost Ja'Quan McMillian, and officials ruled it an interception. The telephone created contention among fans.

Allen past sobbed successful beforehand of reporters successful the postgame quality league that night, choking up arsenic helium said, "I fto my squad down."

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New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye warms up earlier the AFC title crippled against the Denver Broncos Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, successful Denver.  (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

The Bills fired caput manager Sean McDermott days aboriginal and person replaced him with Joe Brady. 

Now, aft 8 seasons and nary trips to the Super Bowl, Allen tin lone ticker from location arsenic the Patriots play successful their 11th Super Bowl with second-year backmost Drake Maye. 

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