Very seldom will one game produce a stud and a dud, but this one did.

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe went 35-for-49 and threw for 463 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 45-39 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings. But Bledsoe wouldn't have had a chance to pull off his extra-time heroics if Vikings kicker Doug Brien hadn't missed two extra-point attempts.

Larry Johnson, a cartoonist for the Boston Globe, is a regular contributor to Page 2.