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Preseason Week 4 | Minnesota Vikings at | August 29,2019

GAME NOTES GAMEDAY WEATHER • Vikings Captains: C Brett Jones, QB Kyle Sloter, LB Kentrell Brothers, DT Jaleel Conditions: Sunny Johnson Temperature: 71º WSW 15 mph • Coin Toss: Minnesota selected heads and lost the toss. Buffalo elected to defer and Wind: receive in the second half. vikings not expected to play • Minnesota’s defense limited the Bills to just 105 yards (45 passing, 60 rushing) and four first downs while the Vikings put up 216 yards of total offense in the first half. 4 S. Mannion QB 56 G. Bradbury C 8 K. Cousins QB 64 J. Kline G • With Preseason Week 4 games wrapping up, Minnesota has allowed the third- 12 C. Beebe WR 65 P. Elflein G fewest sacks in the NFL. The Vikings offensive line gave up just four sacks in the 14 S. Diggs WR 68 A. Aruna DE 2019 preseason, posting two games of zero sacks allowed. 19 A. Thielen WR 69 R. Hill T 20 M. Alexander CB 71 R. Reiff T 21 M. Hughes CB 75 B. O’Neill T PLAYER NOTES 22 H. Smith S 76 A. Collins T 25 A. Mattison RB 81 O. Johnson WR • Kyle Sloter got the starting nod and went 16-for-24, throwing for 163 26 T. Waynes CB 82 K. Rudolph TE yards with one and an . 27 J. Kearse S 84 I. Smith Jr. TE 29 X. Rhodes CB 89 D. Morgan (PUP) TE • Entering with four minutes left in the third quarter, quarterback Jake Browning 30 C.J. Ham FB 90 T. Bower (NFI) DE completed 8-of-10 passes for 46 yards on the night. 33 D. Cook RB 91 S. Weatherly DE 41 A. Harris S 93 S. Stephen DT • Specialist Kaare Vedvik went 1-for-2 on field goal attempts, nailing a 27-yarder 42 B. Gedeon LB 97 E. Griffen DE in the first half while kickerDan Bailey made both of his field goals, including an 54 E. Kendricks LB 98 L. Joseph DT attempt from 54 yards out in the third quarter. Both kickers made a PAT. 55 A. Barr LB 99 D. Hunter DE

• On the Vikings second possession of the night, Ameer Abdullah caught a 15-yard bills not expected to play touchdown pass from Sloter to cap an eight-play, 47-yard drive in the first quarter. Not Available • In the fourth quarter, Browning marched the Vikings 80 yards down the field in 14 plays, setting up a three-yard touchdown rush up the middle by running back De’Angelo Henderson. The score was Henderson’s first of the 2019 preseason. • Defensive end Karter Schult recorded a sack and forced in the fourth quarter, recovered by rookie defensive end Anree Saint-Amour.

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OFFENSE DEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE WR DE Anree Saint-Amour WR Duke Williams DE Sam Acho LT Dakota Dozier DT Jalyn Holmes LT Jarron Jones DT Kyle Peko LG Danny Isidora NT Jaleel Johnson LG DT L.T. Walton C Brett Jones DE Karter Schult C Russell Bodine DE Eddie Yarbrough RG Dru Samia LB Reshard Cliett RG LB Maurice Alexander RT Storm Norton LB Kentrell Brothers RT Conor McDermott LB TE Cole Hikutini LB Cameron Smith TE LB Corey Thompson WR Brandon Zylstra CB Kris Boyd TE Jason Croom CB Lafayette Pitts QB Kyle Sloter CB Duke Thomas QB Tyree Jackson CB Ryan Lewis TE Brandon Dillon SS Derron Smith RB Marcus Murphy SS RB Mike Boone FS Marcus Epps WR Cam Phillips FS Abraham Wallace