Buffalo Bills looking to make history Thursday night

Everyone knows the Buffalo Bills, like most NFL teams, plan to rest the majority of their starters during Week 4 of the NFL’s tedious preseason slate of games.

But if the Bills (3-0) are able to get past the Minnesota Vikings (3-0) at 7 p.m. Thursday night at New Era Field, the team will have achieved a first in its storied history: completing the preseason with a perfect record.

After earning wins over the Indianapolis Colts (24-16), Carolina Panthers (27-14), and Detroit Lions (24-20), the Bills have started off with three straight preseason wins for the first time in 53 years.

The last time Buffalo was victorious in its first three preseason games: 1966, when the Bills knocked off the…