ratoppenheimer 
        
		   
		   
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          From:  cascais, portugal...still in exile 
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  ORIGINAL:  David F.      Buffalo was a strange game in that we won on the road against a top-tier opponent.  Making it even stranger is that even though we gave up 30 points, the game was essentially won by our defense.  Patrick Peterson had 2 picks, Hunter and ZSmith both had a sack, and Kendricks came up with a fumble recovery in the endzone for a TD.  Our offense was mostly poor with a few spectacular moments mixed in.  Dalvin's stat line is impressive with 14 carries for 119 yards and a TD but basically his contribution came all on one play, an 81-yard TD run.  On his 13 other carries he averaged 2.9 yards.  Justin Jefferson had the catch of the season and finished with 10 catches for 193 yards and a TD.  Thielen, Hockenson, Osborn, Cook, and Mattison were the only others to catch a pass and combined for 164 yards on 34 targets.  That's 4.82 yards/target.  They caught 20 balls between them averaging 8.2 yards per catch - checkdown city.  Kirk gets a comeback win on the road vs. a good team with 2 picks and 2 fumbles and contributed nearly nothing beyond the first drive where he hit Jefferson for a 22-yard TD - except for the incredible 4th-and-long pass to Jefferson later.  Like I said, mostly poor with a few moments of spectacular.             I see that catch as one that Jefferson could make 8/10 times - spectacular looking, but still very doable.... 
          
		  
          					
			
		  
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