Here's a closer latest look at the Buffalo Bills' chances to either win the AFC East or earn a wild-card berth.

With New England on their Bye, the Buffalo Bills have a chance to make up ground in the AFC East for the first time in two months.

With the loss, the Bills fall to 7-4 on the season and they drop a spot to sixth in the AFC thanks to a tiebreaker loss to the Chargers. They can fall even further depending on how Week 12 plays out with the Jacksonville Jaguars. If the Jags beat the Cardinals, Buffalo is in seventh place in the AFC with the Chargers on their bye

The playoff picture is starting to take shape, and if the postseason started today, the Buffalo Bills would be hitting the road for a wild card matchup.

Despite the gap, the Bills' AFC East title hopes are alive. The path is narrow and hinges on Buffalo winning in Foxborough in two weeks. Buffalo must win at New England on Dec. 14 to keeps its division championship hopes alive — and would still need to keep winning while the Patriots lose at least once more.

With just five games left in the regular season, the Buffalo Bills are clinging to the final wild card spot. The margin for error is razor-thin. Quarterback Josh Allen

Buffalo and Kansas City are in jeopardy of having their division championship streaks snapped. The Bills, who have won five straight AFC East titles, trailed the New England Patriots by 1.5 games. Kansas City, winner of nine consecutive AFC West crowns, are in third place, 3.5 games behind Denver.

Buffalo has slipped to the final Wild Card spot and now must travel to Pittsburgh where Aaron Rodgers is expected to return for a Steelers team that thrives at home.

Denver’s surge and Buffalo’s slide into wild-card contention set up a possible playoff rematch at Empower Field as the AFC standings tighten.