The Minnesota Vikings were in shambles on offense, and it led to the defense having to pick up a lot of the pieces. That extra pressure led to extra time on the field and ultimately an extra disappointing performance from the team at home.
Carson Wentz started for an injured Kyler Murray, and the result was one of the worst quarterback performances in recent memory. The Vikings are now 6-2 after starting the season undefeated, and those two losses are back-to-back and counting. Something has to give for this team, could it happen during the trade deadline? Time will tell on that front.
Coming out of this awful game for the Vikings, we have grades to share from our report card in a more condensed version.
Offense: F-
The offense looked perhaps the worst it
has in recent memory on Monday night. The Vikings trotted out Carson Wentz with Kyler Murray injured in hopes he would be able to provide a spark, but instead, he put cold water on the whole thing. He was missing passes all night, wide receivers were frustrated, and it caused questions to be asked about Kevin O'Connell as well.
The most puzzling thing may have been the team abandoning the run game, with the passing game being so out of sorts. They were averaging over four yards per carry and were getting the best of the Bills' defense. They eventually have to adapt a run game to help whoever is at quarterback. If they don't, teams are going to play more relaxed coverage and make passing even harder.
Defense: A-
The Bills' offense was on the field all night long and were running it down the Vikings later in the game. They did a great job of getting pressure on Josh Allen, but when they realized they could have long drives tire out their pass rushers and linebackers, it was downhill from there. I will still give them an A- due to them being on the field so much and performing well given the deck that was stacked against them.
This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: Report Card grades on the Vikings after their Week 9 loss
