The 49ers get help in the NFC playoff race as the Bills defeat the Vikings, giving San Francisco more room in its pursuit of the conference's No. 1 seed.
The Buffalo Bills defeated the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 on Monday night, giving the San Francisco 49ers breathing room atop the NFC standings. Following their 38-17 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, the 49ers improved to 7-1, leaving San Francisco and Buffalo as the only one-loss teams remaining in the NFL. Minnesota dropped to 6-2 with the defeat.
San Francisco had previously held the NFC's top spot via a tiebreaker over Minnesota, but the result provides outright separation in the race for the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye. The 49ers next travel to AT&T Stadium to face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday as they aim to move to 8-1.
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