The Minnesota Vikings would drop their second game in a row Monday night, as they were defeated by the Buffalo Bills 23-6. The story of the night was how horrific the offense looked, which, while that is par for the course this season, looked somehow worse than when Kyler Murray was at quarterback. How did the team as a whole grade out for their week nine performance?

John Breech of CBS Sports handed out the report cards this week and gave the Vikings a C-:

The NFL trade deadline is coming at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday and if this game proved one thing, it's that the Vikings need to do everything possible to acquire a quarterback. With Kyler Murray out, Carson Wentz got the start and it was ugly. Not only did he throw two interceptions, but he lost a fumble on a wide receiver screen because he couldn't throw a simple pass to his receiver (The throw was so bad that it landed on the ground and the Bills recovered it). It doesn't matter how well the defense plays, it doesn't matter how well anyone plays, you can't consistently win games in the NFL when your QB play is this bad. Sometimes, the best defense is a good offense and the Vikings just don't have that right now.

The Vikings would, in fact, make a move before the deadline, trading a 2027 third-round pick for Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins. Cousins will likely make his first start for the Vikings this Sunday, as they take on the Green Bay Packers.