Local rivalries tend to be anything but friendly… Josh Allen, or rather, the quarterback’s bloody nose, will attest to that.
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The Buffalo Bill star, who got hit during his brush with the New York Jets in Week 2, has started wearing a visor on game day. The Bills fans would be relieved to know that the possibility of a mid-season surgery has been ruled out.
However, the QB1 for the Buffalo Bills did admit that there’s now an indentation in his face. “I broke it up on the actual bone, not any of the cartilage, so I don’t have to have surgery,” Allen noted, before using an analogy to detail the injury.
“There’s a little chip in it. I feel like ‘A Star is Born’ with Lady Gaga and Bradly Cooper,” joked Allen on NFL on Fox.
The good part is that the injury doesn’t seem to have affected his rate of play. Throughout Weeks 3 and 4, Allen was able to average 211 passing yards along with three touchdowns per game.
Allen is now the runaway betting favorite to win the 2025 regular season MVP award, and his Bills are currently the second-highest scoring team in the NFL.
Even though he did make a few questionable throws against the New Orleans Saints in Week 4, Allen was still able to complete more than 70% of his passes. So the visor is working for him.
Visor Josh Allen is here 👀 pic.twitter.com/pqVwd8ItAh
— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) September 19, 2025
The Bills will now prepare to host the New England Patriots in a Week 5 divisional contest. Buffalo will once again find themselves as heavy favorites, which may become the norm against most opponents this season.
After a pair of convincing wins against the Baltimore Ravens and the Jets, the Bills were favored by -12.5 points against the Miami Dolphins in Week 3. Even though they failed to cover, they still found themselves listed as -15.5 point favorites over the Saints in Week 4.
While Las Vegas is beginning to correct these double-digit spreads, they are only doing so marginally. Buffalo is still being booked as a -9 point favorite against the Patriots this week. So, there’s a lot of confidence and cash riding on this Bills team right now.
This is the best start to the regular season that Allen has enjoyed since 2020. That year, they had a 13-3 record and a trip to the AFC Championship. So it certainly seems as if the Bills are trending toward yet another successful year of play.
Factor in the slumping status of both the Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, and they may have just finally found a chance to cash in on those Super Bowl aspirations.
