Vikings at Bills picks: With or without Josh Allen, Buffalo looks like the team to beat

Pioneer Press reporters who cover the Vikings forecast Sunday’s game in Buffalo against the Bills:

Dane Mizutani

Vikings 27, Bills 21: The fortune continues for the Vikings as they likely avoid Josh Allen this weekend. Even though Case Keenum is the conductor of the Minneapolis Miracle, he’s not beating his former team.

John Shipley

Bills 29, Vikings 24: The Vikings won’t win out, right? This is a difficult road game, even with Case Keenum playing quarterback instead of Josh Allen — you might remember Keenum and teammate Stefon Diggs winning a playoff game here — and it’s hard to be completely sold on Minnesota’s defense.

Chris Tomasson

Bills 24, Vikings 21: After recent wins over Miami and Teddy Bridgewater and Washington and Taylor Heinicke, the Vikings could run into another ex-Minnesota quarterback in Case Keenum, who would start if injured Josh Allen can’t go. But there’s an ex-Vikings coach they should really worry about: Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, who has put together quite a unit.

Charley Walters

Bills 21, Vikings 20: Former Vikings quarterback Case Keenum and Stefon Diggs squeak it out for the Bills in Buffalo. Who would have thought five years ago that this could actually happen this Sunday?