Week 9 wraps up tonight in Minneapolis between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings. It’s a battle between two 6-1 teams, with a high-powered offense and a ferocious defense going up against each other.
The Bills have ripped off 3 straight wins while the Vikings are looking to get back into the win column after losing their first game of the season in Week 8 against the Detroit Lions.
On Sunday, the 3 other AFC East teams lost their respective games, so now it's up to Buffalo to get the only win of the week in the division. To no surprise, both the Jets and Dolphins lost by double digit scores. However, Drake Maye and the New England Patriots put on an absolutely embarrassing performance in their 45-27 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Patriots' loss to Packers could have Bills fans laughing uncontrollably
The Patriots committed 4 turnovers, which included 3 interceptions from Maye (and he was also sacked 4 times) and the Patriots never managed to cut the score down to a one-score game. Once Green Bay put up their second touchdown of the game, they always had a double-digit lead.
To do this in general is funny. However, the Packers walked in Foxborough on the day that they decided to bring back members of the infamous Super Bowl 51 champs that were part of the 28-3 comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons. In addition, tight end Rob Gronkowski was also inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. It was just a great feeling for Bills fans to see this ultimate failure by New England, and now Buffalo can make that loss look even worse.
Bills can separate even more from Patriots in AFC East with a Week 9 win
When the Patriots beat the Bills in Week 4, they got one step closer from taking the AFC East once again. However, they have fallen a bit behind now. In Week 7 when the Bills were on a bye, the Patriots had the chance to really close the gap on the Bills but they lost to the Chicago Bears, which kept them over a game behind the Bills.
Now that the Patriots sit at 5-4, the Bills have the chance to improve to 7-1 if they beat the Vikings. If they can leave primetime with a win tonight, they will create even more separation from the Patriots which gives them room for error, should they absolutely need it.
I'm sure that Patriots fans will be rooting for the Vikings tonight, but Minnesota has a tough challenge against a Josh Allen-led offense. Let's see if they are up to the task.
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