ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills coach Sean McDermott on Monday listed Josh Allen as day to day because of a sore right foot, but expects the starter to play this weekend, when Buffalo hosts the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
McDermott said the quarterback’s foot is sore, while adding Allen didn’t experience any setbacks overnight after getting hurt late in the second quarter of a 23-20 win at Cleveland on Sunday.
McDermott said it was too early to determine whether Allen will be limited in practice on Tuesday, when the Bills are expected to conduct a walk-through session. As for an anticipation of the quarterback playing Sunday, McDermott said: “As far as I’m aware, yes.”
Allen was scrambling in the backfield and appeared to catch his foot in the turf before going down at the Buffalo 1 with a minute left in the half. Officials ruled Allen gave himself up on a 22-yard sack split between Myles Garrett and Alex Wright. Allen went up the middle for a 1-yard gain on the next play before the Bills punted from their end zone.
Allen was immediately examined by the Bills medical staff on the sideline, and left the sideline without his right shoe. The team announced tests on Allen’s foot were negative, and he finished the game without missing a snap.
The NFL’s defending MVP finished with 12 of 19 for 130 yards, including going 6 of 12 for 44 yards in the second half. He also added 17 yards on seven carries, including two kneel-downs in the final minute.
Allen was held without a touchdown passing or rushing for the just third time this season. He remains one touchdown away from becoming the NFL’s first player from reaching 300 before turning 30.
Allen has not missed a start since missing four games with an injury to his throwing elbow during his rookie season in 2018. His 120-game streak of consecutive regular-season starts is the NFL's longest active run among quarterbacks.
Buffalo (11-4) has won four straight and five of six, and is in a position to clinch its seventh straight playoff berth with a loss by Houston or Indianapolis.
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) hands off against the Buffalo Bills during the second half of an NFL football game in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) leaves the field after an injury against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/David Richard)
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities said Monday.
In Redding, a city at the northern end of California's Central Valley, one motorist died after calling 911 while trapped in their vehicle as it filled up with water, Mayor Mike Littau posted online Monday. Police said they received numerous calls for drivers stranded in flooded areas.
“Redding police officer swam out into the water, broke the windows and pulled victim to shore. CPR was done but the person did not live,” Littau wrote.
The Redding area saw between 3 and 6 inches (7.6 centimeters and 15.2 centimeters) of rain from Saturday through Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.
As scattered showers lingered into Monday, some local roads remained flooded as street crews worked to clear debris and tow abandoned cars.
Dekoda Cruz waded in knee-deep muddy water to check on a friend’s flooded tire business, where the office was littered with a jumble of furniture and bobbing tires.
Redding's mayor warned of even more dangerous weather in the coming days, and the city distributed free sand bags to residents in preparation for the next storm.
The National Weather Service expects rain through the Christmas week as a series of atmospheric rivers was forecast to make its way through Northern California. A large swath of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas were under a flood watch through Friday.
An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of water vapor that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky, transporting moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.
The weather pattern was expected to intensify by midweek, which could lead to potential mudslides, rockslides and flooding of creeks and streams, forecasters warned. Up to 6 feet (1.83 meters) of snow was predicted for parts of the Sierra Nevada and winds could reach 55 mph (90 kph) in high elevations by Wednesday.
Travel in the mountain passes on Christmas day would be “difficult to near impossible,” the weather service said.
Southern California can also expect a soggy Christmas, with some areas in Ventura County are forecast to get up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) of rain by Saturday. Parts of Los Angeles, including areas with burn scars from the deadly Palisades fire, will be under evacuation warnings beginning Tuesday.
The weather service urged people to make backup plans for holiday travel.
Earlier this month, stubborn atmospheric rivers drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons (19 trillion liters) of rain in a week, threatening record flood levels, meteorologists said. That rainfall was supercharged by warm weather and air, plus unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as a tropical cyclone in Indonesia.
Associated Press writer Jessica Hill in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
Dekoda Cruz walks through the flooded office of Northstate Tire & Wheel following heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dekoda Cruz works to clear a drain following heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dekoda Cruz walks through flood water while helping a friend who's tire shop flooded during heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A man rides in a pick-up truck bed while salvaging belongings from a flooded storage unit following heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dekoda Cruz walks through the flooded office of Northstate Tire & Wheel following heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Dekoda Cruz walks through flood water while helping a friend who's tire shop flooded during heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
