After missing out on the AFC East title, the Buffalo Bills will hope to finish the season with a win against the New York Jets to improve their seeding ahead of the AFC Wild Card round. However, there’s one issue. Or fifteen, to be precise, as that many players were present on the injury list after Week 17. Unfortunately, not much has changed according to head coach Sean McDermott’s latest update.

“So, no players will be returning from the injury reserve this week at this point,” Sean McDermott said in his recent press conference, reiterating something he has shared throughout the week.

While the very first injury list for this week featured fifteen Bills, there was some improvement as the team met for a practice on Wednesday. According to the official report, six did not participate while four were limited. On an upside, Matt Prater had full participation on Wednesday and Friday. Reggie Gilliam brought another good news for the team with a full participation practice yesterday after being ill. However, the remaining players are still on injury reserve, including Buffalo’s biggest name: Josh Allen.

As a result, McDermott revealed that the Buffalo Bills will not hold a full practice, instead conducting only a walkthrough. Here is the injury list until Friday:

The defensive injuries have been a nagging issue for the Buffalo Bills, as Jones and Poyer both missed the Week 17 game. The defensive tackle is dealing with a calf injury that resurfaced from earlier in the season. The safety tweaked his hamstring on December 21 against the Cleveland Browns. Hence, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Bills decide to bench these stars until the postseason.

Furthermore, Bosa, who injured his hamstring in Week 13, has been on a gradual path of recovery. After missing the December 7 win against the Cincinnati Bengals, he has made three straight starts. Similarly, last week, the defensive end made daily progress as he went from DNP to limited to full. Linebacker Terrell Bernard has been playing through an elbow issue and suffered another injury last Sunday. He has already been ruled out for Week 18.

As these defensive injuries continue to pile up for Buffalo, Sean McDermott had some good news for the Bills Mafia regarding QB Josh Allen.

Sean McDermott issues a major update on Allen’s injury

After his MVP season in 2024, star quarterback Josh Allen continues to function as the most important player for the Buffalo Bills. Throughout the 2025 season, the Bills’ QB1 recorded a passer rating of 102.2 with 3,668 yards and 25 touchdowns in 16 games. He also has 14 rushing TDs for 579 yards this season. Interestingly, Allen has never missed a single game in his seven-year NFL career except for four games in his rookie season when he was inactive from Week 7 to Week 10.

However, it cannot be ignored that he is prone to taking hits on himself, which might force him to sit in the regular season finale.  In fact, he is reportedly one of only four QBs in the NFL responsible for sacks on themselves.

A few weeks ago, his ability to attract hits got to a point that everyone, including McDermott, was concerned about his health. Case in point, any time Allen rushes with the ball, he does not stop running until he gets hit unlike other QBs who do. However, him re-aggravating his foot injury in Week 16 against the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday has the Bills Mafia in a state of panic.

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Although a particular moment of Allen hurting himself isn’t known, The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia had reported that the reigning MVP came out of the stadium’s X-ray room limping on his right leg. In the press conference later, McDermott confirmed that he had some soreness entering the game.

Since then, the Bills have limited him until Friday’s practice. The same happened last week as well. However, during his recent press conference, head coach Sean McDermott issued a positive update on Josh Allen’s injury.

“I could tell you that he’s in a better spot, according to [team trainer] Nate [Breske], early this week than he was last week,” McDermott said. “So that’s all I can tell you right now, and we’ll just take a will-see approach as we go through the week here.”

Similarly, the Bills’ QB1 also seconded the update made by his head coach when he was asked about his injury status in a recent press conference.

“Yeah, I feel like we’re in a good spot,” Allen said. “Just continuing to try to do all the things right and make sure I’m ready to go.”

With Josh Allen taking significant strides in his recovery, the Bills Mafia could breathe a sigh of relief and would once again be confident about winning their final game of the season at Highmark Stadium. After all, in his last game in this stadium, Allen also holds a chance to make history by tieing Aaron Rodgers for six consecutive seasons with 40 TDs.