### 1 – The most aggressive defense in the NFL
Buffalo's offense might lead the league in scoring, but on Monday night they'll face the number one defense in points allowed. Minnesota's defense surrenders just over 13 points per game (13.2), exactly 20 points less than the Bills score per game (33.3).
The Vikings defensive front relies heavily on simulated pressures and blitzing, often putting as many as seven or eight players up on the line of scrimmage. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores has called blitzes on a league-leading 73% of snaps and upped that percentage in each of Minnesota's last two games. In Week 7 they blitzed the Colts' Daniel Jones on 85 percent of his drop backs.
Last week, that rate went up again, blitzing Detroit's Jared Goff at a 90% clip as he saw extra pass rushers on 26 of his 29 drop backs. It was the highest single game blitz rate by any team since 2018.
"Obviously, it's a great defense," said Bills offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael of the Vikings, who also lead the league in red zone defense allowing touchdowns at a league low rate of 25%. "It's going to be a lot of challenges for us, but I think that our communication with the preparation during the week has been really strong starting with (Assistant Offensive Line coach) Austin (Gund) and kind of going through all those things. I think that as a whole, not only the quarterback, but our offensive line has done a great job communicating and making sure we're all on the same page."