Story byAdam SchultzTue, December 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM UTC·2 min readAFC has new 'boogeyman' with Bills' Josh Allen claims analyst originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Buffalo Bills might have learned something incredible in the past two weeks, and it is something that might power their Super Bowl charge in 2025 -- let Josh Allen loose. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGranted, that sentence in years past would have been met with criticism, as turnovers and poor play often followed, but in the last two weeks, Allen has put on the Superman cape, hauled his team onto his back, and willed them to two impressive wins. And as we turn for the playoffs, in which Patrick Mahomes is finally letting someone else play, for CBS Sports' Tyler Sullivan, one AFC boogeyman is gone, but another is about to walk through the door."Allen and Co. found themselves in a 21-0 hole midway through the second quarter," Sullivan wrote.