Robert Harding

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Bills win. Josh with some magic. Keon was solid. Cook with over 150 total yards. The reliable Tyler Bass drilled four field goals.

Defense remains a question mark, of course. Opposing teams have scored 30-plus points in four of the five Bills wins this season.

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Another 30-point outing for the opposing offense. The defense has some work to go. Leonhard has to figure out what kind of defense he wants.

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Bass drills his fourth field goal of the day. Bills up 33-23.

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Come on, Joe. You gotta run the ball there. Take it down to the two-minute warning. Then you've got third down on the other side.

At worst, you're kicking a FG with under 1:20 to play.

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Josh to Keon for the first down. Cook with a pair of runs to get another first down.

Raiders have to use a timeout. Advantage: Bills.

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Four minutes to go. Josh with the ball.

Finish the job.

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Kilgore with the big play on third down. Read it the whole way. Could've been picked.

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Rousseau with the PD on first down. Alford with good coverage on second down.

Third and 10. The adventure...

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Time for the Bills defense to make a play. Dial up the pressure. Force Cousins to make a mistake.

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Great drive by the Bills. The third-down play to Cook was brilliant. Cook finishes it off with a TD.

Bills 30-23 with 4:43 to go.

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Bills have not sacked Cousins today. Defense will need a big play if the offense scores here.

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Ridiculous. Third-down defense. Bills haven't had a good one for years.

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This is why Brady has to be smarter as a play caller. Your defense just had a long drive and they held the Raiders to 3. You come out slinging it and punt it away. Now the Raiders are driving.

Terrible defensive play calling here, too. Letting Bowers run free. Idiocy.

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Interesting play calling on that drive. No runs. Opens with the Shakir play (good) but nothing after that.

The Knox TE screen was a waste. Should just run it there.

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Yikes. Not sure I'd run a TE screen with Knox.

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Khalil "YAC" Shakir with the first down.

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Defense rises to the occasion in the goal-to-go situation. Raiders used a lot of clock to only come away with a field goal.

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No gain, but A LOT of Gaines. Wow.

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A wasted challenge by Kubiak. Know your opponent.

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Kubiak should know whether it's 3rd and 7 or 3rd and 10, his odds are pretty good against this defense.