Scouting report: Vikings at Buffalo

• The Bills fell to the Patriots 37-22 on Sunday with the defense giving up 346 passing yards to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

• Bills quarterback Kyle Orton will make his third start this season after taking over for E.J. Manuel in Week 4. In two games, Orton has thrown for 607 yards and three touchdowns, and he has had two passes intercepted.

• Buffalo leads the NFL in run defense, giving up only 2.8 yards per carry. The Bills defense is also tied for second in the league with 19 sacks.

• Rookie Seantrel Henderson, the former Cretin-Derham Hall standout, starts at right tackle.

• The Bills rank 22nd in run offense, averaging just 101 rushing yards a game with running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller, who leads the team with 68 carries for 234 rushing yards.

• Watkins is fourth among rookies in receptions (26) and third in receiving yards (311). The fourth overall pick also has two touchdowns this season as the Bills leading receiver.

• On his rookie season:  "It's been a great experience. I'm competing with the best players, and we're doing good right now. We just got to keep it up, and I'm loving the NFL. There's a lot of ups-and-downs.

• The 50-year-old is in his second season as the Bills head coach. He is 9-13.

• On Watkins:  "I think a lot of people expect a lot from him early on, especially being a first round draft pick, but he's progressing well."

• On starting Orton:  "We felt we needed better production out of that position. Not to say that everyone else around him was playing well, because that wasn't the case either, but we just thought we needed more production out of that and give E.J. a chance to sit back and Kyle to get in there. He's done a nice job for us."

• On the Bills defense:  "[Last year] we weren't able to defend and stop the run. I think this year we've obviously improved on that quite a bit. We've have good players on that side of the ball, very good players on that side of the ball, and they're playing well."