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Bills playoff hopes decimated after OT loss to Eagles: Here are their chances

ryan miller, rochester democrat and chronicle
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The Buffalo Bills' playoff hopes seemed doomed a couple of weeks ago. Then they led the NFL-best Philadelphia Eagles in overtime Sunday and appeared poised to catapult into an AFC wild-card spot in the standings.

Jalen Hurts' walk-off touchdown run changed everything.

Hurts responded to the Bills' go-ahead field goal with a 12-yard score for the 37-34 Eagles victory to devastate Buffalo's postseason aspirations. The loss dropped the Bills' record to 6-6 entering their bye week.

Buffalo's remaining games are against the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Chargers, New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins.

The Bills would've jumped into the seventh seed as a wild-card and controlled their own destiny with a win over the defending NFC champions. Instead, they fell to No. 10. Buffalo now has a 15% chance to make the playoffs, according to The New York Times playoff simulator.

Entering Week 12, the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers held the three wild-card spots. Houston (6-5) missed a late field goal and lost 24-21 to the Jacksonville Jaguars, which assisted the Bills. Cleveland (7-4) lost to the streaking Denver Broncos, 29-12. Pittsburgh (7-4) got past the Jake Browning-led Cincinnati Bengals, 16-10.

AFC playoff picture after Week 12

These are the current AFC standings. The top seven seeds make the playoffs.

  1. Baltimore Ravens: 9-3, 1st AFC North

  2. Kansas City Chiefs: 8-3, 1st AFC West

  3. Jacksonville Jaguars: 8-3, 1st AFC South

  4. Miami Dolphins: 8-3, 1st AFC East

  5. Pittsburgh Steelers: 7-4, 2nd AFC North

  6. Cleveland Browns: 7-4, 3rd AFC North

  7. Indianapolis Colts: 6-5, 2nd AFC South

  8. Houston Texans: 6-5, 3rd AFC South

  9. Denver Broncos: 6-5, 2nd AFC West

  10. Buffalo Bills: 6-6, 2nd AFC East

  11. Cincinnati Bengals: 5-6, 4th AFC North

  12. Las Vegas Raiders: 5-7, 3rd AFC West

  13. Los Angeles Chargers: 4-7, 4th AFC West

  14. Tennessee Titans: 4-7, 4th AFC South

  15. New York Jets: 47, 3rd AFC East

  16. New England Patriots: 2-9, 4th AFC East

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: NFL playoff picture: Bills hopes decimated after OT loss to Eagles