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By Reice Shipley
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The Minnesota Vikings have been among the NFL's best defenses through the first nine weeks of the season. But surprisingly, this has been without much impact from 2026 first-round pick Caleb Banks, who continues to fall down the depth chart.
Minnesota has a difficult matchup on their hands on Monday night, facing off against the best offense in football based on yards per game and points per game, the Buffalo Bills.
Vikings fans were hoping that Caleb Banks would be a staple on the Vikings interior defensive line by this point. Instead, it seems like Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell and defensive coordinator Brian Flores find it best that Banks doesn't see the field on Monday night.
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Just a few hours before Mondays game, the Vikings released their inactives list on social media, which listed Banks as inactive despite not carrying an injury designation.
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Given that the Bills sport on the best rushing attacks in football and Banks came into the NFL with the profile as one of the better run defending defensive tackles in last year's draft class, it is certainly an interesting decision for the Vikings to make him inactive for this game.
This marks the first time that Banks has been a health scratch all year for the Vikings, which certainly raises questions as to whether Banks will factor into the Vikings defensive plans for the remainder of the season.
Monday's Vikings-Bills matchup will kikck off at 8:15 p.m. EST and can be viewed on ABC and ESPN.
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