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LINVAL HUNGRY BIG PLAY BACKER • According to NFL league stats, DT Linval Joseph has • LB has registered an INT in accumulated 51 total tackles in 12 games played this season, each of the last 2 games, giving him a career- the 3rd highest total among NFL DTs. high 2 INTs on the season and marking the • Joseph led Minnesota with 10 total tackles against Seattle, first time in his career he has recorded INTs in making him and Jonathan Allen of the Washington Redskins consecutive contests. the only NFL DTs to record 10 or more tackles in a single game • Kendricks became the first Vikings LB to record this season. an INT in consecutive games since Carlos Total Tackles in 2018, NFL DTs Jenkins did so in Weeks 4-5 of the 1993 season. Rk. Player, Team Tot Tack Games • The last Vikings LBs to record multiple INTs in 1. Jurrell Casey, TEN 56 13 a single season were Chad Greenway (3 INTs) 2. Kenny Clark, GB 55 13 and (2 INTs), both in the 2013 3. Linval Joseph, MIN 51 12 season. 4. DeForest Buckner, SF 49 13

TURN OF THE CENTURY • With 5 receptions at Seattle, WR tied (1994) as the fastest Viking to reach 100 receptions in a single season. Both players reached the century mark in 13 games. • Thielen’s 103 receptions through Week 14 lead the NFL. His 1,236 receiving yards trail only Julio Jones (1,429) and Tyreek Hill (1,258). • Thielen joins Cris Carter and as the only Vikings to record 100 or more receptions in a single season. 100+ Reception Seasons, MN Vikings Player, Season Rec. Cris Carter, 1995 122 Cris Carter, 1994 122 Randy Moss, 2003 111 Randy Moss, 2002 106 Adam Thielen, 2018 103

SACKRETARY OF DEFENSE • With 1.0 sack at Seattle, DE Danielle Hunter tied his single- season career high of 12.5 sacks (set in 2016) and moved into a • Kendricks is one of 6 players in the NFL with an active streak of games with at least 1 INT. tie for 3rd on the 2018 NFL sack leaderboard. Active INT Streaks • Hunter has 32.0 sacks since the start of the 2016 season, the Player, Team Games 6th-highest total in the NFL in that span. Kyle Fuller, CHI 3 • Since being drafted in 2015 Hunter has registered 38.0 sacks, Eric Kendricks, MIN 2 the 3rd-most sacks in a player’s first 4 seasons as a Minnesota Andre Hal, HOU 2 Viking. Only (62.0 sacks from 2008-2011) and Alan Trumaine Johnson, NYJ 2 Page (39.0 sacks from 1967-1970) have more. Alec Ogletree, NYG 2 Xavien Howard, MIA 2

NOTE THE QUOTE Vikings Interim Offensive Coordinator Kevin Stefanski On the identity of the offense: “It’s a offense that is obviously a physical group. It really just matches the players that Coach Zimmer and Rick [Spielman] have acquired here. It’s a physical group, it’s a smart group that hopefully we are versatile enough to make it hard on the defense.”