Vikings at Bills Depth Chart Preview 2022
Not even the optimists had the Vikings coming in with a better record than the Bills in this one, yet here we are. Will the Bills be firing on all cylinders having lost to the Jets, or will the injury to Josh Allen throw the #1 favorite to win the Super Bowl into chaos? Will the Vikings' good luck continue? This will be an intriguing one to watch, whether Allen or Keenum plays.
Injury Report
Bills
QB Allen - Questionable
LB Edmunds - Questionable
SS Poyer - Out
DE Rousseau - Out
CB Elam - Doubtful
Vikings
CB Dantzler - Out
NT Tomlinson - Out
Line: Bills -3.5 (62% of bets on the Vikings)
Super Sim Calculated Line: BUF -0.5 with Allen, MIN -3 with Keenum
I ran out of time to do a full analysis, so I'll skip straight to the prediction:
Prediction: Bills 20, Vikings 16
Despite the injuries to several key Bills players, I think they will eek this one out. I wonder if they might attempt to establish their ground game going with Singletary with Tomlinson out. Even with Keenum at QB, Diggs should feast lining up against Evans with Peterson staying on his side of the field. The X-factor for them is Hines, of whom they just traded for and might start using in the passing game. Defensively this unit is still playing well even down their safety duo and top CB. White may play, but their CBs have survived the season and their D-line can do what Washington just did to ours. Add on top of that a better LB corps and better coaching, and I think we'll see the Vikings meet their match.
Any thoughts?
Injury Report
Bills
QB Allen - Questionable
LB Edmunds - Questionable
SS Poyer - Out
DE Rousseau - Out
CB Elam - Doubtful
Vikings
CB Dantzler - Out
NT Tomlinson - Out
Line: Bills -3.5 (62% of bets on the Vikings)
Super Sim Calculated Line: BUF -0.5 with Allen, MIN -3 with Keenum
I ran out of time to do a full analysis, so I'll skip straight to the prediction:
Prediction: Bills 20, Vikings 16
Despite the injuries to several key Bills players, I think they will eek this one out. I wonder if they might attempt to establish their ground game going with Singletary with Tomlinson out. Even with Keenum at QB, Diggs should feast lining up against Evans with Peterson staying on his side of the field. The X-factor for them is Hines, of whom they just traded for and might start using in the passing game. Defensively this unit is still playing well even down their safety duo and top CB. White may play, but their CBs have survived the season and their D-line can do what Washington just did to ours. Add on top of that a better LB corps and better coaching, and I think we'll see the Vikings meet their match.
Any thoughts?