Bills 17 - 12 Vikings

This was certainly no exception in the sometimes aggravating, sometimes amusing history of bizarre Vikings games. The difference so far between low-scoring wins and low-scoring losses has been turnovers, and two picks today really didn't help. The offense continues to be anemic, and the reason is clearly the total lack of a running game. Chester Taylor leads the league in rushing attempts, so they're trying but not establishing much of a presence, and Taylor only came up with 23 yards today. Nobody can throw their way out of that hole. For our defense, giving up 17 points when turnovers and time of possession both go against you isn't too shabby. It would have been 20 had the wind off Lake Erie not carried away a Bills field goal, but then again, had Marcus Robinson not dropped a sure TD, we would have won.

Still the most bizarre play was not even the Bills second TD when Peerless Price fell down in the backfield, and still got up and evaded two tackles to score. It was definitely in the 2nd quarter when the Bills put up a high kick-off and got to it first... they kicked the ball away and still recovered an onside kick... er, that's a live ball, people. The only thing that kept that from being a total disaster for the Vikings was that a back-up offensive lineman, Jason Whittle, half-heartedly waved his arm as he ran towards it, and the officials ruled that he had signaled for a fair catch. Then when the Bills caught it, they were interfering with a fair catch, even though he'd already given up on it. The Bills got robbed, for which I am quite thankful. Up next is D-troit at home, so they better have a winning record by next week or start warming up the Tardis.

And having just watched the first half of the Bears demolition of the Seahawks, I'd say their road win in Minnesota last week pretty much makes the division theirs to lose, and it's only week 4. Of course, there's always the remote possibility that Rex Grossman will catastrophically collapse like he and every other Bears QB seems to do every year, or that they'll have another brainstorm like leaving Charles Tillman one-on-one with one of the league's top receivers again, so they could still blow it. And maybe the king's horse will learn to sing hymns.