The Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills come into play tonight both leading their divisions with 6-1 records.
That is where the similarities between these two teams end.
The Vikings play out of the National Football Conference. The Bills out of the American Football Conference. The Vikings have the best defense in football, the Bills the highest scoring offense. The Vikings, despite their record, are apparently in search of an upgrade at quarterback. The Bills have perhaps the best signal caller in the game with Josh Allen.
The Vikings have lost only one game this year, that was last week against division rival Detroit, 19-15. The Bills are coming off their largest point differential of the season when they blasted the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday, 36-10. The Bills commonly give up 30 or more points a game, they’ve done that in four of their six wins, but rely on their potent offense to carry the day. Their only loss was when they were limited to 26 points by the New England Patriots in Week Four action.
Only once this season, on opening day in a win over the Green Bay Packers, have the Vikings scored more than 23 points … but they have only allowed since that game a total of 71 points in their most recent six games.
So, is tonight just a simple case of the best defense against the best offense?