The battle that the Bills and Steelers went through ended up going in Buffalo’s favor as they went on a 26-0 run after the Steelers scored the game’s first touchdowns. Going into halftime, the Bills were down 7-3 and after Allen had taken a cheap shot by Patrick Queen that wasn’t called for a penalty, the mood for the Bills changed.
Buffalo dominated the rest of the game by a mile. It was one of Buffalo's best wins just based on the physicality. However, this win wouldn’t come without a little scuffle that had occurred with Josh Allen and Steelers’ star defensive lineman, Cam Heyward.
During the game, there was a play where Allen ran the ball and was brought down, but then a little scuffle broke out that involved Allen and Heyward. There was a moment where you could see Heyward get up into Allen’s face and was yelling, while Allen was also chirping back at him.
After the game, Heyward told reporters that Allen had kneed him in the stomach and that’s what caused the scuffle. Per Dan Fetes, Allen was asked about this interaction and Allen responded with “I have a lot of respect for Cam Heyward but we’re onto Cincinnati.”
“I have a lot of respect for Cam Hayward but we’re on to Cincinnati.”
— Dan Fetes (@danfetes) December 3, 2025
Josh Allen when asked about Cam Heyward’s comment that he kneed him in the stomach#BillsMafia @BuffaloPlus
Josh Allen sounded like Bill Belichick with Cincinnati reference
One of the most infamous lines that Bill Belichick used in a press conference as an answer to a reporter was “we’re onto Cincinnati”. It was the go-to answer at one point to not talk about the previous game that the Patriots were in. Now, Allen sounds like him after all of the talk about this statement from Heyward.
From the moment where Allen and Heyward got into each other’s faces, it turned into a huge battle between Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The Bills used the right amount of anger to get past the Steelers, and now they have kept themselves alive in the AFC playoff picture. As for the Steelers, they will have to do some work now and hope that they can just win the division because if they can’t do that, there’s a good chance that they won’t make the playoffs.