The Bills got a a prime-time win in Minnesota on Monday Night Football.

And Buffalo did it on both sides of the ball.

While postgame headlines have focused much on a team that put up 23 points on a Vikings unit that hadn't surrendered that much all season, another story of the game was a Bills defensive group putting together its second consecutive dominant week.

The Bills held the lead and contained Minnesota's offense, keeping them out of the end zone and controlling the time of possession at 42:32, limiting the Vikings to only 6 points, 178 total yards, and forcing three turnovers.

The primary catalyst for the suffocation was defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard’s hybrid scheme, which has found a rhythm since the DC moved up top to call plays from the coach's box two weeks ago.

The Bills gave Minnesota a taste of their own medicine with an aggressive game plan that never let up, holding veteran quarterback Carson Wentz to 81 passing yards, intercepting him twice, and allowing him to complete fewer than one-third of his pass attempts.

Wentz, who was filling in for an injured Kyler Murray, was only allowed a 32% completion percentage, 81 passing yards, and 8.9 passer rating which was the worst by any quarterback in a single game this season with 25-plus pass attempts.

Yet despite the analytical dominance, Bills head coach Joe Brady viewed the performance through a lens of process over simple outcome.

“I don't think it feels differently,” Brady said postgame. “I think it looks different and I think the way that they're communicating, the confidence at which they're playing at, it was all week.”

Buffalo’s defense stood tall by getting stops on all eight of the Vikings' third downs, turning those takeaways into immediate field-position advantages. Minnesota's second-half drives told a devastating story of modern execution: two interceptions on their first two possessions of the third quarter, a punt, and two turnovers on downs.

“We kind of said if you're worried about your own stats this game, we're not going to get the result that we want,” Brady continued. “This is one of those games that you got to be the teammate, make the play without making the play. And I think the way that you see our defense playing right now, some guys might not necessarily be getting some of the production, but they're making so many plays, they're buying into each other and just saying, 'Hey, whatever we got to do to win football games.'”

For a unit that spent the early portion of the schedule searching for an identity, the past two weeks represent a critical inflection point.

"Last week wasn’t a fluke," pass rusher Greg Rousseau said to Lance Lysowski of the Buffalo News regarding the team's previous 36-10 blowout of the Baltimore Ravens. "It’s what we are. It’s what we can do. We just have to keep going."

The prime-time statement was an all-hands-on-deck effort. Veterans like Rousseau and Bradley Chubb consistently collapsed the pocket, linebackers Terrel Bernard and Dorian Williams grabbing takeaways, and rookie cornerback Davison Igbinosun locking down diamond-encrusted star receiver Justin Jefferson.

General Manager Brandon Beane also gave the unit a late-autumn boost, swinging a trade-deadline deal with the Tennessee Titans to bring in safety Amani Hooker to serve as a running mate across from Cole Bishop.

Ultimately, the Bills are proving that stylistic points take a back seat to raw competitive utility.

“No one cares how pretty it looks,” Brady emphasized. “No one cares through the good, through the bad, come out with a dub, and then we'll clean it up and kind of move it on, move forward.”

Buffalo will look to keep that momentum rolling on the road when they travel to East Rutherford next Sunday for a divisional road test in New Jersey against the Jets.