It was a true battle between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings in Week 9, but the Bills made more plays in the second half which led them to a 23-6 win in primetime. Buffalo's defense definitely had their best performance of the season with only allowing 6 points and keeping an opponent out of the endzone.
The Bills knew that Minnesota's defense was the real deal, and they made their presence known early when they were chasing down Josh Allen and not allowing Buffalo to do anything on offense in the first half. Luckily for Buffalo, the Vikings had a disaster at the quarterback situation. Kyler Murray was ruled out during the week which meant that Carson Wentz was going back under center.
Unfortunately for Wentz, his performance against the Bills was completely pathetic to say the least.
Bills' defense completely embarrassed Carson Wentz on MNF
Quite frankly, it was surprising that the Vikings kept Wentz in for as long as they did before putting Max Brosmer in late in the 4th quarter. The fact that the Vikings only ran the ball 12 times, and Wentz only completed 8 passes out of 25 attempts is just extremely laughable. They could not find any kind of rhythm all night and Buffalo's defense was able to shine.
Wentz finished with 81 passing yards and 3 turnovers which included 2 awful interceptions. In addition, his performance was so bad that he posted a passer rating that is in the same ballpark as the worst one that has been posted against the Bills.
According to Nick Suss of ESPN, Wentz posted a passer rating of 8.9 on 25 pass attempts, which is the second-worst passer rating any quarterback has ever posted against the Bills with 25 or more throws. The only quarterback who had a worse passer rating was Mark Sanchez back in 2009 where he threw five interceptions, and had a passer rating of 8.3.
Carson Wentz posted a passer rating of 8.9 on 25 pass attempts tonight.
— Nick Suss (@nicksuss) November 10, 2026
That's the second-worst passer rating any QB has ever posted against the #Bills with 25 or more throws, bested only by rookie Mark Sanchez in 2009 on a day he threw five picks.
Bills found a way to embarrass Vikings more than just on the scoreboard
The score may look like the Bills were in control of this game, but the truth is that they didn't truly pull away until later on in the 4th quarter. Minnesota's defense was unbelievable against Buffalo's offense, but the Vikings' offense failed the team overall. That's the main reason why, and Wentz played arguably the biggest role in that failure.
Even though the Vikings are still at 6-2 and are still a contender from an overall roster point of view, they have a major quarterback issue. Many people had thought that Kyler Murray had been a massive problem under center...well, I wondering what they are saying now about Wentz, and it's all thanks to the Bills.
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