Bills QB Josh Allen 'planning on playing' against Eagles in Week 17 despite foot injury

Despite an injury scare last week, Josh Allen is good to go.

The Buffalo Bills quarterback said Tuesday that he will be playing, planning on playing" against the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend. That came after he went down with a foot injury in last week's game, and the injury kept him out of Tuesday's walk-through.

I mean, [it's] still sore," Allen said, via ESPN. Walk-through today, so really not practice in general. So yeah ... feeling good."

Allen went down awkwardly while trying to avoid a sack late in the first half of the Bills' 23-20 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He was tripped in the backfield and immediately started twisting his foot in clear pain before hopping back up.

Allen received an X-ray on his foot at halftime but was cleared to return to the game. He did not end up missing a snap and finished the game. Allen went 12-of-19 for 130 yards in the win, which was the team's fourth straight and got them to 11-4 on the season.

Allen didn't seem bothered by the injury on Sunday, either.

We're gravy, baby. It's all good," Allen said on CBS after the win.

Allen has thrown for 3,406 yards and 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions so far this season, his eighth in the league. He earned Pro Bowl honors for the fourth time in his career on Tuesday, too.

The Bills have already clinched their seventh consecutive playoff berth, though they trail the New England Patriots in the AFC East. They'll need some help from New England over the next two weeks in order to win the division again. They haven't finished outside of first in the division since 2019.

While Mitch Trubisky is the Bills' backup, it sounds like Allen will be ready to go on Sunday at Highmark Stadium. That should help the Bills' chances of catching the Patriots significantly.