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Bills Escape Vegas with 33-30 Win Over Raiders to Move to 5-1 | The Morning Charge · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia. It's Monday, October 19th. This is the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Charge, your daily 10-minute or less Buffalo Bills news hit.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Aaron Quinn, bringing you everything you need to know
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  Speaker 1: before you start your day. Let's get right into it. Well,
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  Speaker 1: if you wanted a relaxing Sunday afternoon where you could
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  Speaker 1: just kick back and enjoy a stress-free weekend, sorry, you're
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  Speaker 1: a Bills fan, and they don't allow that. The Bills
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  Speaker 1: headed back home last night after escaping from Vegas with
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  Speaker 1: a 33-30 win over the Raiders, pushing their record to
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  Speaker 1: 5-1 right before heading into the bye week. Offensively, Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen was surgical, passing for 255 yards and two touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: while orchestrating another clutch late game drive. In doing so,
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  Speaker 1: Allen officially tied Jim Kelly's franchise record for touchdown passes,
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  Speaker 1: putting his name right next to number 12 in the
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  Speaker 1: all-time history books. James Cook also ground out a tough
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  Speaker 1: 95 yards and a touchdown on the ground to keep
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  Speaker 1: the chains moving all day long. We saw more classic
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen magic too, including a wild 3rd and 8
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  Speaker 1: Houdini escape in the 3rd quarter where he voided a
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  Speaker 1: collapsing pocket and flipped a push pass to Keon Coleman
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  Speaker 1: to keep a drive alive. Now we got to address
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  Speaker 1: the elephant in the room, the defense. Kirk Cousins and
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  Speaker 1: the Raiders put up 30 points and nearly 380 yards
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  Speaker 1: of offense, exposing some of the back-end communication issues we've
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  Speaker 1: been seeing all month long, giving up chunk plays and
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  Speaker 1: letting Vegas hang around until the final minute. This one's
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  Speaker 1: going to keep Jim Leonard up all week long over
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  Speaker 1: the bye week as they try to correct these issues.
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  Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, a road win
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  Speaker 1: in the West is a road win. The Bills take
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  Speaker 1: a 5-1 record into the bye with time to heal
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  Speaker 1: up and get some things right on the defensive side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball. Let's dive into the box score numbers
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  Speaker 1: from this 33-30 win out at Allegiant Stadium. Starting with
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen, who was efficient all afternoon. Allen went 23-33
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  Speaker 1: for 255 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions. Along the way,
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  Speaker 1: he tied Jim Kelly's franchise record for career-passing touchdowns. On
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  Speaker 1: the ground, James Cook carried a heavy workload, churning out
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  Speaker 1: 95 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries while adding
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  Speaker 1: another 58 receiving on three catches. In the receiving room,
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  Speaker 1: Dalton Kincaid led the team with 7 receptions for 38 yards.
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  Speaker 1: Keon Coleman holed in 4 catches for 59 yards and
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown, while Khalil Shakir caught 4 passes for 34
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  Speaker 1: yards and a score, and Joshua Palmer added a 37-yard
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  Speaker 1: chunk play. Flipping over to the defense, Terrell Bernard led
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  Speaker 1: the team with 9 tackles, followed by Cole Bishop with
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  Speaker 1: 7 tackles and 2 passes defended. Dorian Williams chipped in
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  Speaker 1: at 5 tackles and recorded a lone turnover of the
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  Speaker 1: day with his 3rd quarter interception. Davidson Igbenosa had a
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  Speaker 1: busy afternoon on the back end, logging three passes defended.
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  Speaker 1: Special teams were absolute money again for the Bills. Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Bass was a perfect 4-for-4 on field goal attempts with
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  Speaker 1: a 47-yarder, while Ray Davis provided huge field position returns
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  Speaker 1: averaging over 28-yard per return, including a 40-yard explosive early
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  Speaker 1: in the game. On the Raiders' side, Kirk Cousins threw
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  Speaker 1: for 313 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception on 23
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  Speaker 1: of 41 passings. Trey Tucker caught 5 passes for 97
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  Speaker 1: yards and 2 touchdowns, while Michael Mayer added 95 yards
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  Speaker 1: and Brock Bowers was 70. Stats of the day. Per
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  Speaker 1: Bills PR, as mentioned earlier, a 12-yard touchdown pass to
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  Speaker 1: Keon Coleman put Josh Allen at 258 passing touchdowns and
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  Speaker 1: is now tied with Jim Kelly for most in-team history.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Bass has made 18 straight field goals dating back
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  Speaker 1: to 2024. and is tied for the longest streak by
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  Speaker 1: a Bills kicker since Ryan Lindell with 18. Joe Brady
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  Speaker 1: is now the first coach to begin his coaching career
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  Speaker 1: with a 5-1 record since 2022, when Kevin O'Connell and
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  Speaker 1: Brian Dable did it. The Bills' 32.8 points per game
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  Speaker 1: under Joe Brady marked the second most in the Super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl era through a head coach's first six career games.
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  Speaker 1: Only Mike Marks of the 2000 Rams, who averaged 43.7
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  Speaker 1: points per game, averaged more. Let's take a look around
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the conference and see how the week
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  Speaker 1: 6 results shook up AFC standings as the Bills head
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  Speaker 1: into their bye week at 5-1. In the AFC East,
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots handled their business against the Jets 26-19, pushing
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots up to 4-2 and dropping the Jets to 2-4. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Dolphins sit at the bottom at 0-5, keeping the
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  Speaker 1: Bills comfortably atop the division for now. Over in the
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  Speaker 1: AFC North, it's a total logjam at the top. The
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  Speaker 1: Browns took down the Ravens 13-10, and the Steelers edged
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  Speaker 1: out the Buccaneers 26-19 in overtime. That leaves Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 1: and Baltimore all tied up at 4-2, with the Bengals
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  Speaker 1: right behind them at 3-2. Down in the AFC South,
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars slipped to 4-2 after falling 34-31 to the Texans,
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  Speaker 1: while the Titans grabbed a 26-20 win over the Colts.
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  Speaker 1: And now in the AFC West, the Chiefs stayed spotless
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  Speaker 1: at 5-0 with a 22-6 win over the Chargers, and
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  Speaker 1: our recent victim, the Raiders, dropped to 3-3. The Bills
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  Speaker 1: sit pretty at 5-1 heading into the bye, holding a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good control over the top tier of the conference.
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  Speaker 1: Missed the postgame show last night? Greg Thompson and I
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  Speaker 1: gave our instant reaction to the Bills' win on the
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