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Josh Allen's December dominance sends a chill across NFL

The Bills' MVP stepped up massively on Sunday, reminding the league that December is his.
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Dec 7, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) runs the ball for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium.
Dec 7, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) runs the ball for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium. | Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

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As Josh Allen dashed through the snow for a 40-yard touchdown to keep the Buffalo Bills within striking distance of the Cincinnati Bengals, a harsh reality struck teams across the NFL.

You do not mess with Josh Allen in December.

Allen won his third Offensive Player of the Week award on Wednesday, being recognized for his 251 yards passing and three touchdowns in addition to his 78 yards rushing and a touchdown on Sunday.

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Stuffed in the snow that day was an MVP-worthy play on a fourth-and-goal early on, with Allen firing a touchdown to Khalil Shakir after holding the ball moving to his right for seven seconds. That's even more amazing when looked at analytically. That play and his performance in general are signs of things to come.

Allen is no stranger to December excellence, evidenced by his 18 total touchdowns in that month last season, including arguably the highlight of his career. It was the most out of any month in his career.

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Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks towards a receiver to throw to during second-half action at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Dec. 7, 2025. | Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The reigning NFL MVP led the Bills to a 4-1 record in December 2024. Funny enough, the best of those games came in the lone defeat, a Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in which he had the first of two three-passing and three-rushing TD outings.

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Allen's brilliance in December dates back to his breakout 2020 season, in which he accounted for 16 total touchdowns while throwing just one interception en route to leading the Bills to a 4-0 record.

Now, things are dire for Allen and Co. as the New England Patriots loom over the Bills in the AFC East race with a revenge game for Buffalo on the horizon, but if anyone can bring the Bills back from the brink, it's Allen.

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Oct 5, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) rushes the ball past New England Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss (53). | Mark Konezny-Imagn Images

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OWEN KLEIN

Owen Klein has covered football, basketball and baseball for Penn State athletics as a broadcaster on local radio, including producing Penn State’s 2024 men’s basketball Big Ten Tournament games and calling Penn State football’s Whiteout vs. Washington in November 2024. He has internships with the Buffalo Bisons and CBS affiliate WIVB in Buffalo, NY, in the summer of 2025. He is a Penn State University broadcast journalism student at the Bellisario College of Communications majoring in broadcast journalism and is passionate about college and professional sports, the Pokémon Video Game Championships and the Buffalo Bills.

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