In a battle of NFL heavyweights, the Buffalo Bills withstood the strong Vikings’ defence and won by 23-6 on Monday night.
Quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills held off the Minnesota Vikings, retaining the position of the best record in the AFC at 7-1.
The Vikings are currently 6-2 in the season, dropping their second game in a row, mainly because their defence played flat, summed up by quarterback Carson Wentz’s very poor 8.9 passer rating.
The Bills entered Monday’s game with the NFL’s 30th-ranked passing defence but tormented the overmatched Wentz, intercepting him twice, sacking him once and allowing him to complete fewer than one-third of his pass attempts.
The Bills heavily relied on running back James Cook III, who carried the ball 31 times, gaining 107 yards and scoring a touchdown.
The last time Cook rushed more than 30 times was a game where the Bills were missing several of their starting offensive linemen, and that’s the only such game anyone can readily recall.
Josh Allen finished the night with 234 passing yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Tiltbit: Both Allen and Cook crossed 5,000 career rushing yards on Monday Night Football, on the same series, in the third quarter.
Allen is the fifth quarterback in NFL history to reach the milestone, joining Lamar Jackson, Michael Vick, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.
Cooka and Allen are fourth and fifth on the Bills’ all-time rushing list, and the only player ahead of them is Thurman Thomas.
The Bills will face the New York Jets in the road game in Week 10 on Sunday, November 15, 2026.
