Overview
- The Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings meet Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium with an 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN and ABC and multiple streaming options.
- Minnesota will start Carson Wentz after Kyler Murray was ruled out with a hamstring injury, a change that lowers the Vikings’ offensive ceiling and shifts play-calling emphasis.
- Under Brian Flores the Vikings have allowed about 13.3 points per game and are sending an unusually high blitz rate that has produced the NFL’s most sacks when blitzing.
- Buffalo arrives as the NFL’s top-scoring team near 33.3 points per game and will lean on Josh Allen and James Cook to attack Minnesota’s weaker run defense on early downs.
- Sportsbooks and predictive models have Buffalo favored by roughly three points with the total in the mid-40s and the game’s result could directly affect divisional standings and playoff seeding.