For the fourth time in five games, almost wasn't enough for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The offense turned in its best performance of the season, but misfired often enough to keep the Vikings in it and couldn't produce any points on its final two possessions, after Minnesota went ahead. And Chris Watson made a couple of nice returns, but the Bills' abysmal coverage units handed the Vikings a field-position edge that finally proved fatal. The Bills' most troubling shortcomings came in the secondary, which was victimized on all three Minnesota touchdowns. Even more disturbing is the fact that two of Daunte Culpepper's scoring throws, as well as his two-point conversion toss to Moe Williams, resulted from coverage breakdowns that left receivers Click here for more on just what happened in Buffalo's secondary against Minnesota wide open.
Mistakes always seem to wind up as touchdowns.
As glaring as the tardy arrival of Daryl Porter and Ken Irvin on Randy Moss' fatal 39-yard touchdown catch was, it wasn't anything new. Neither Porter nor Antoine Winfield switched out on Cris Carter in the third quarter, resulting in a 6-yard score. Moss now has 35 scores in 39 games as a professional. Losing track of either, even for a play, seems unimaginable. Leaving each all alone at different times is unforgivable.