The Vikings and the Bills mirror each other in style. Neither team scores alot or gives up alot of points. The Vikings average 17 points per game and allow 15 points per game. The Bills average 17.7 points per game and allow 17.7 points per game.

The Vikings run a very conservative offense and will again vs. the Bills on Sunday. The Vikings will try to run the ball first with Chester Taylor (275 yards rushing) and then Brad Johnson will try to chop up the Bills with short passes.

The Bills prefer to run the ball with Willis McGahee (311 yards rushing) to protect JP Losman from making bad decisions with the ball. The problem with that philosophy against the Vikings is that the Vikings are very solid against the run, allowing only 87.0 yards per game rushing and 3.6 yards per carry. At some point Losman will have to take some chances against the Vikings defense.

I like the Vikings here because they will give JP Losman enough rope to hang himself.

The Bills were pushing the Jets around, but they kept turning the ball over and it killed them in the end. JP Losman was the main culprit. Losman completed 22 of 38 passes for 328 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. Losman carried the ball 3 times for 14 yards with 1 TD and 2 LOST FUMBLES! RB Willis McGahee continued his strong start to the season adding 26 carries for 150 yards. The Bills receiving corps had a great game. Lee Evans caught 8 passes for 107 yards, Roscoe Parrish caught 4 passes for 104 yards and a TD, Peerless Price chipped in 3 catches for 49 yards and Josh Reed caught 4 passes for 45 yards.

The Bills defense played pretty well considering the short fields the Jets had because of the Bills offense. The Bills held the Jets to 74 yards rushing and 3.1 yards per carry. The Jets completed 65.5% of their passes for 182 net yards passing.

The Bills better start getting the football to their best receiver on the offense, Lee Evans, or else teams are gonna start stacking the box and taking away Willis McGahee and the running game. Evans only has 4 catches for 44 yards and that is inexcusable.

The winner of this game could be tied for first place by the end of Sunday, if the Patriots lose to the Broncos. These two teams have very contrasting offenses, the Bills like to run and the Jets prefer to throw the ball.

Look for the Jets to try to run the ball early in the game. Kevan Barlow will get his big shot in this game against the Bills porous run defense that’s allowing 137.5 rushing yards per game. If the Jets can run at all, Chad Pennington will use play-action passing to attack the Bills rookie safeties. WRs Lauvernues Coles (253 yards rec.) and Jerricho Cotchery (186 yards rec.) will seriously test the Bills secondary.

The Bills are very conservative on offense. RB Willis McGahee (161 yards rushing) will be the key to the Bills winning this game. If McGahee can move the chains and keep the Jets offense off the field, it will shorten the game. All Losman will have to do then is manage the game and try to avoid mistakes. It will be easier said than done against Jonathan Vilma and the rest of the Jets defense.

I think the Jets will win this game simply because they are the better team.

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