The Minnesota Vikings will play the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
The Minnesota Vikings are 7-1 this season after they defeated the Washington Commanders by a score of 20-17 in their last game. Minnesota trailed 17-7 in the fourth quarter of this game, but scored the final 13 points in the game for the win. The Minnesota offense is averaging 24.1 points per game with 238.1 passing yards per game and 102 rushing yards per game. Kirk Cousins has thrown for 1,999 yards, 13 touchdowns, and six interceptions for the Vikings this season. Dalvin Cook has rushed for 608 yards and five scores, while Justin Jefferson has caught 59 passes for 867 yards and three touchdowns for Minnesota. The Minnesota defense is giving up 20.1 points per game and 368.1 yards per game.
The Buffalo Bills are 6-2 this season after they lost to the New York Jets by a score of 20-17 in their last game. Buffalo led this game 14-3 in the second quarter, but couldn’t get the offense going in the second half and was only able to score three points for the loss. The Buffalo offense is averaging 27.5 points per game with 292.1 passing yards per game and 124.3 rushing yards per game. Josh Allen is questionable for this game and will be a game time decision. Allen has thrown for 2,403 yards, 19 touchdowns, and eight interceptions, while also rushing for 392 yards and four touchdowns for the Bills this season. Devin Singletary has rushed for 347 yards, while Stefon Diggs (questionable) has caught 60 passes for 857 yards and seven scores for Buffalo. The Buffalo defense is allowing 14.8 points per game and 299.6 yards per game.
Minnesota is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 November games and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 road games. The over is 11-5 in Minnesota’s last 16 games. Buffalo is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 November games. The under is 6-0 in Buffalo’s last 6 games.
Josh Allen’s status for this game is obviously the biggest headline of this game. If Allen is able to play, I love the Bills to win this by a field goal. If Allen is not able to play, I like Minnesota with the points. The Vikings have done a good job of taking advantage of backup quarterbacks and mistakes by the opposing team this year and this would be no exception. I have the feeling that Allen will not play, so I am going to take Minnesota.