Vikings left at QB crossroads after MNF loss to Bills - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — A horrific offensive performance on «Monday Night Football,» fueled by the worst performance by a starting quarterback in the NFL this season, has put the Minnesota Vikings at a crossroads.

Having lost consecutive games after a 6-0 start, will they use the Tuesday afternoon NFL trade deadline to add a quarterback? Or will they try to make it work for the rest of this season with a combination of Kyler Murray, Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer?

Coach Kevin O'Connell deferred the question to general manager Nolan Teasley after Monday night's 23-6 loss to the Buffalo Bills. It was the third game this season that the Vikings failed to score a touchdown, a level of production that has threatened to waste high-level play from their defense and special teams.

«We've had dialogue about a lot of different positions,» O'Connell said. «Tight turnaround, obviously, playing the Monday night game, and we'll get right to work on any potential moves that can be there. But really just focused on the game tonight, which was not good enough in any way, shape or form.»

Wentz completed only 8 of 25 passes for 81 yards while throwing two interceptions and having a third dropped. His 2.3 QBR was the lowest for any quarterback this season and the lowest by a Vikings quarterback since Tarvaris Jackson recorded a 1.8 QBR during a game in 2006. It was also the lowest in a «Monday Night Football» game since Sam Darnold posted a 1.1 QBR in 2019 while playing for the New York Jets against the New England Patriots, a game where he was recorded saying he was «seeing ghosts.»

«I haven't had many starts over the last couple years in general,» Wentz said, «but this one felt pretty terrible. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, this one wasn't my favorite,