Josh Allen Drops Clear Message on Minnesota Vikings Defense

The Minnesota Vikings (6-1) face the Buffalo Bills (6-1) on Monday Night Football. It's a tale of two very different teams.

The Bills along with head coach Joe Brady and star quarterback Josh Allen have a dominant offense. The Vikings have an elite defense.

Brady who made his name as the passing game coordinator for the record-setting 2019 LSU Tigers, which developed the likes of current NFL stars Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson and Ja'Marr Chase, is comfortable facing pressure. The pressure his team is about to face, however, is not like any defense the Bills have seen this year.

Buffalo Bills insider Sal Maiorana of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle recorded Josh Allen's thoughts on the Vikings' high-pressure defense. Allen shares that it's not the frequency of Vikings blitzes that sets them apart. It's the fact that when they do send pressure, they make something happen.

Here's some of what Allen had to say about facing a defense that plays so aggressively on a consistent basis.

"It's not even how much they blitz; it's how productive they are when they do blitz. They bring it from both sides, they'll blitz the middle, they'll drop guys that you think are coming. It's a very in-tune defense. Those guys are very smart, they're playing so well together. It's hard to game plan for a team like this because there's not any weaknesses.

(It's) fun to watch from a football perspective. But it's hard to watch from the opposing quarterback perspective, where it's like we're trying to figure this out.

You have to be on top of it. I've got to be make sure that our protection rules are where they need to be. Have a plan going into it and if that plan's not true, we need to adjust in game. It definitely presents a lot of challenges for an offensive scheme the way that they're doing it."

The Vikings' offensive struggles have somehow taken the spotlight away from Minnesota's elite defense. To win on Monday night, the Vikings will need to play better offense.

What seems certain, however, is that the defense has the ability to keep the team in the game. And if Minnesota can capitalize on its pressure and force a mistake by the Bills offense, we could be in store for a good game.

The battle of 6-1 teams will be must-see, but the most intriguing part will take place when the Vikings defense clashes with the Bills offense. We'll see which unit wins the strength vs. strength matchup.