The New England Patriots entered Sunday with a strong chance to earn the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Hosting the Buffalo Bills (who openly planned to rest their starters) at Gillette Stadium, the Pats just needed to lose one more time this year in order to have their pick of all the top prospects.

The New England Patriots will take on the Buffalo Bills in their 2024 regular season finale. This will be an opportunity for the Patriots to end things on a positive note after getting blown out by the Los Angeles Chargers in a 40-7 loss last week.

The Patriots’ season will end with a whimper Sunday, when the Bills visit and plan to play mostly backups after locking up the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs. Buffalo has little reason to game plan specifically for the Pats and risk injury to its best players.

As many as 10 NFL teams could start backup quarterbacks in Week 18. The Buffalo Bills aren't one of them. Josh Allen will extend his consecutive starts streak to 115 games, including playoffs, when the Bills (13-3) wrap up their regular season at the New England Patriots (3-13) on Sunday.

One play was all Josh Allen needed on Sunday. The leading 2024 NFL MVP candidate took a single snap and was replaced by Mitchell Trubisky against the New England Patriots in Week 18. He's officially started 115 consecutive games,

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen had an early end to his season on Sunday, but the debate over his MVP resume is still going strong.Allen indicated he would have a short stint in Sunday’s season finale against the New England Patriots and did just that,