For roughly 30 minutes of game time, it appeared the Buffalo Bills were going to cruise past the Minnesota Vikings. Then the gridiron gods, bored with an underwhelming early slate of games that subjected viewers to three hours of Russell Wilson and Ryan Tannehill doing things that could only charitably described as “football,” decided to work their magic.
Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook and Justin Jefferson banded together to rally the 7-1 Vikings in an effort to prove their record wasn’t merely the result of an weak early schedule. An injured Josh Allen and the league’s fourth-ranked defense attempted to hold on to a 17-point lead to keep their dream of a first-round bye and homefield advantage through the playoffs alive.
