Bills and Vikings Rally in 4th Quarter for Come From Behind Victories in NFL Week 1

Proving that no lead is safe in the NFL, the Buffalo Bills scored 16 points in the final four minutes of their game with the Baltimore Ravens for a come from behind 41-40 win in Buffalo on Sunday Night Football September 7th. Matt Prater kicked a 32 yard field goal as time expired to secure the victory.

Bills QB Josh Allen passed for 394 yards and two touchdowns and he also rushed for two touchdowns. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson rushed for 70 yards and one touchdown and passed for 209 yards and two touchdowns, Zay Flowers had 143 receiving yards and a touchdown, while Derrick Henry rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Henry also had a costly fumble in the fourth quarter, that led to one of Allen’s rushing touchdowns.

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The new Minnesota Vikings QB, J.J. McCarthy, passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Vikings rallied with a 21 point fourth quarter to beat the Chicago Bears 27-24 September 8th on Monday Night Football. The Bears led 17-6 going into the fourth. McCarthy, who was Minnesota’s 1st round draft choice out of Michigan in 2024, was injured all of last season and didn’t look good prior to the fourth quarter-including throwing an interception to Nahshon Wright who returned it 74 yards for a touchdown. But he put it together down the stretch to get his first NFL victory.

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