Our Staff Prediction for Vikings at Bills
The VikingsTerritory collective staff prediction for the Minnesota Vikings date with the Buffalo Bills is ready — and it accounts for either scenario involving Josh Allen or Case Keenum.
The Vikings can hit an 8-1 record this weekend for the first time since 2009. The franchise has started with an 8-1 record four times — in 1969, 1970, 1998, and 2009. Minnesota is 8-6 (.571) all-time versus Buffalo.
The Bills are 6-2 through nine weeks, trying to keep pace with the Kansas City Chiefs for homefield advantage in the postseason. The mystery shrouding Josh Allen’s availability — he’s got a bad elbow — has dominated the Bills-Vikings storylines.
Accordingly, we’ve concocted predictions for both scenarios, facing Allen or Keenum.
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The writers at VikingsTerritory predict the Vikings will win their eighth game of 2022 if Case Keenum plays but a loss if Allen starts.
Most of our contributors expect the Bills QB1 to solely determine a Vikings win or loss.
Here’s how the panel sees the score for Week 10:
With Josh Allen in the lineup
Dustin Baker: Bills Win, 35-24
Sean Borman: Bills Win, 26-16
Dominique Clare: Vikings Win, 21-17
Janik Eckardt: Bills Win, 30-24
Josh Frey: Bills Win, 27-20
Will Goodwin: Bills Win, 31-20
Kyle Joudry: Bills Win, 33-20
Mitch Massman: Bills Win, 31-17
Adam New: Vikings Win, 24-20
Ted Schwerzler: Bills Win, 34-17
Ali Siddiqui: Bills Win, 34-20
Cole Smith: Bills Win, 31-27
Here’s how the panel sees the score for Week 10:
With Case Keenum in the lineup
Dustin Baker: Bills Win, 27-20
Sean Borman: Bills Win, 21-16
Dominique Clare: Vikings Win, 21-17
Janik Eckardt: Vikings Win, 24-23
Josh Frey: Vikings Win, 24-20
Will Goodwin: Vikings Win, 27-24
Kyle Joudry: Bills Win, 24-20
Mitch Massman: Vikings Win, 24-20
Adam New: Vikings Win, 24-20
Ted Schwerzler: Vikings Win, 24-21
Ali Siddiqui: Bills Win, 26-24
Cole Smith: Vikings Win, 31-24
Mathematically en masse, we predict the Bills top the Vikings by a score of 29-21 if Josh Allen starts. On the other hand, we predict the Vikings win by a score of 23-22 if Case Keenum is at QB1.
Here are the season standings for our writers’ predictions:
Dustin Baker: 8-0
Will Goodwin: 8-0
Mitch Massman: 8-0
Adam New: 8-0
Sean Borman: 7-1
Dominique Clare: 7-1
Janik Eckardt: 7-1
Josh Frey: 7-1
Ted Schwerzler: 7-1
Ali Siddiqui: 7-1
Cole Smith: 7-1
Kyle Joudry: 5-3
Last week, Sean Borman most accurately picked the outcome. Borman chose the Vikings by three. The Vikings indeed won by three.
The Vikings are currently 3.5-point underdogs to defeat the Bills in Week 10. Minnesota last won a game in Buffalo in 1997.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
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