Minnesota Went 0 for 8 on Third Down and Had the Ball for 17 Minutes: James Cook's 31 Carries Grind Out Bills 23, Vikings 6

Minnesota Went 0 for 8 on Third Down and Had the Ball for 17 Minutes: James Cook's 31 Carries Grind Out Bills 23, Vikings 6

Buffalo held the ball for 42:32 and Minnesota never converted a third down. James Cook ran 31 times for 107 yards as the Bills beat the Vikings 23-6 on Monday night and moved to 7-1.

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Minnesota's offense ran 46 plays on Monday night and never moved the chains on third down. The Vikings went 0 for 8 there, 0 for 2 on fourth down, and had the ball for 17 minutes and 28 seconds. Buffalo had it for 42:32, and James Cook was the reason: 31 carries, 107 yards and the touchdown that put the game away.

The Buffalo Bills beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 at U.S. Bank Stadium in front of 66,955, according to the ESPN box score. Buffalo is 7-1, and the Associated Press notes that matches the franchise's best eight-game start since 1993. Minnesota fell to 6-2.

James Cook's 31 Carries and a 42:32 Possession Edge

Cook averaged 3.5 yards a carry, and that was enough. His 5-yard run with 6:17 left made it 20-6, and Tyler Bass, who was 3 for 3 on field goals with a long of 52, added the last points. The AP reports Bass has now made 24 straight, a franchise record. Josh Allen went 21 of 31 for 234 yards with one touchdown, a 25-yard throw to Keleki Latu with 44 seconds left in the first half, and one interception, which Byron Murphy Jr. returned 54 yards. The Vikings sacked him four times.

Carson Wentz's Three Turnovers and Terrel Bernard's Interception

With Kyler Murray out with a hamstring injury, per the AP, Carson Wentz started and finished 8 of 25 for 81 yards with two interceptions and a lost fumble. Linebacker Terrel Bernard had six tackles, an interception, two passes defended and a quarterback hit, and Dorian Williams picked off Wentz too. Max Brosmer replaced Wentz in the fourth quarter and went 6 of 7 for 58 yards. Justin Jefferson was targeted 11 times and caught three passes for 58 yards. Minnesota ran the ball 12 times all night, and finished with 178 total yards and nine first downs.