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In the Minnesota Vikings' Monday night defeat to the Buffalo Bills, quarterback Carson Wentz turned in what may have been the most dismal passing display by any NFL signal-caller this season. Following the game, Wentz offered a blunt assessment of his own play.
"This one felt pretty terrible," Wentz admitted, according to the Associated Press. "I'm not going to lie."
Wentz's stat line was indeed woeful: he connected on just 8 of 25 pass attempts for 81 yards, failed to throw a touchdown, and was intercepted twice. His passer rating of 8.9 stands as the lowest for any quarterback in a game this season in which he attempted more than three passes.
The veteran quarterback acknowledged that Minnesota's defense is capable of winning games when given competent quarterback play, and he failed to deliver that on Monday night. "To go kind of lay an egg, personally, the way I struggled early, especially with our defense playing as good as they've been all year, honestly," Wentz said. "They did it again tonight, and we just didn't help them out. I didn't help them out. It's hard to put my finger on the why."
Key Analysis
The Vikings now face the urgent task of diagnosing and correcting their offensive issues—putting their finger on the 'how' to fix the unit. If they cannot, a stellar defensive effort will continue to go to waste.
Originally reported by yahoo.