Defense's miscommunication allowing big gains for Vikings opponents

MINNEAPOLIS – Sunday’s 27-6 loss to the Buffalo Bills carries the same shock factor for the Minnesota Vikings defense as the one that ended their season in 2017.

Unusual mistakes cost the Vikings the NFC Championship, a game where the league’s No. 1 defense allowed a season-high in points, yards and third-down conversions. Philadelphia attacked Minnesota down field and routinely reverted to that strategy to send itself to the Super Bowl.

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“We didn’t play like ourselves,” Everson Griffen said…