{"id":367087,"date":"2025-12-24T07:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/367087\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:16:08","slug":"bills-qb-josh-allen-plans-to-play-sunday-despite-foot-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/367087\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills QB Josh Allen plans to play Sunday despite foot injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766560567_252_getzenberg_alaina.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alaina GetzenbergDec 23, 2025, 06:59 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/buf\/buffalo-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"237b9f2a-4701-8fc3-60eb-250978af9893\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3918298\/josh-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a> said that he &#8220;will be playing, planning on playing,&#8221; in Sunday&#8217;s game against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d1a9b001-1df7-fbd7-ae4c-6ca7065286ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> despite dealing with a right foot injury that led him to sit out Tuesday&#8217;s walk-through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feels good. Feels good,&#8221; Allen said of the injury. &#8220;Ready to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The quarterback, who was named to his fourth Pro Bowl on Tuesday, did walk around after the news conference with a limp but wore just a traditional sneaker and no further support on his foot.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47398764\/nineteen-first-rs-players-voted-pro-bowl-games\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r1589462_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47389978\/nfl-week-17-power-rankings-poll-32-teams-2025-best-rookies\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nfl_power16_cr_1x1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Bills coach Sean McDermott said that Allen had no changes with the injury going into Tuesday&#8217;s practice and that Allen would not participate as he is still sore, and they would see how Wednesday goes.<\/p>\n<p>The team was not required to release an injury report on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, still sore,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;Walk-through today, so really not practice in general. So yeah &#8230; feeling good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Allen suffered the injury when he was sacked during the Bills&#8217; win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> on Sunday. An X-ray was done on his foot during halftime, but he was cleared to return to the game and did not miss a snap. Allen has started 120 consecutive regular-season games and hasn&#8217;t missed significant time due to injury since his rookie season.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills have only one other quarterback on the team in backup Mitch Trubisky after practice squad quarterback <a data-player-guid=\"9a0bbaa8-fa55-fd5f-49b9-be229fb0f9a9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4039034\/shane-buechele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Buechele<\/a> was signed by the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> to their active roster on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaina GetzenbergDec 23, 2025, 06:59 PM ET CloseAlaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. 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