Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. . .welcome to Monday Night Football! Tonight, your Minnesota Vikings will host the Buffalo Bills in a battle of 6-1 teams in the hope of staying in first place in what is, undisputedly, the best division in the National Football League. Let’s give everyone all the information they need to get up to speed on tonight’s game.
Date and Time: Monday, 9 November 2026, 7:15 PM Central Time
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weather:
N/A, game being played indoors
Television Coverage: KSTP in the Twin Cities area, ESPN nationwide, ESPN Unlimited for streaming
Radio Coverage: Vikings Radio Network, SiriusXM Channel 192, Sirius Channel 88 (Westwood One feed), SiriusXM App Channel 820
Line: Vikings +3, Over/Under 43.5
Chris’ Prediction: Vikings 20, Bills 17
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Three Keys
1) Limit the Josh Allen damage – You’re not going to completely shut down a player of Allen’s caliber. . .he’s just that good. What you can do is try to limit him as much as possible, including trying to keep him in the pocket and, most importantly, getting him down when you get your hands on him. If Allen is allowed to run around and make plays off-schedule, he can be dangerous. He’s going to get his. . .the Vikings have to try to keep that from happening as much as possible.
2) Get the ball to Justin Jefferson – The big story for this week in Minnesota has been the change at quarterback. Kyler Murray out, Carson Wentz in. Wentz has shown the ability to get the ball to Jefferson, and the Bills’ pass defense has been pretty porous this year. If Wentz can continue finding Jefferson, it should be able to open things up for the rest of the offense. That should also help the Vikings get some points on the board, which we all know they’ve had trouble doing this year.
3) Sustain some drives – Last week against the Lions, the Vikings had ten possessions. Eight of those possessions were less than three minutes in length. That was a huge portion of what caused the defense to wear down at the end of the game. If the offense can keep possession in addition to scoring some points, it will help to keep the defense fresh, which they’re going to need if they’re going to be chasing Allen and James Cook all over U.S. Bank Stadium tonight.
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Enjoy the game, everybody! Here’s hoping that in about three hours or so, we’ll be able to talk about how great it is to still be on top of the NFC North and look forward to what should be an interesting 18 hours or so ahead of tomorrow’s NFL Trade Deadline.
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL VIKINGS!!!!
