ON A ROLL QB ’ kirk cousins, october 2019 NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER 137.1 passer rating in Statistic Total NFL Rank OF THE MONTH October marked the Passer Rating 137.1 1st second-highest passer Kirk Cousins earned Passing TDs 10 T-1st his third-career NFC rating in any month Passing Yards 1,262 2nd Offensive Player of in NFL history (min. the Month award 100 attempts), trailing Completion % 78.4 1st after helping lead only ’s 1 T-3rd to a 138.0 passer rating in Passing Yards/Attempt 10.9 1st perfect 4-0 record in September of 2013. October.

Dalvin Cook’s nine rushing The Vikings have posted four Minnesota has broken off 11 rushes through eight games tied a team record. consecutive games with at least 430 of 20+ yards, the most in the NFL Chuck Foreman (1976), Bill Brown (1968) yards of total offense, the longest this season. 9 and (2009 and 2011) 430 current streak in the NFL. 11 previously reached the mark. Minnesota has recorded 45 passes Minnesota has allowed only one WR ’s seven total defensed in 2019, the second-highest rushing all season, the touchdowns (six receiving, one total in the NFL behind New England fewest in the NFL in 2019. rushing) leads all NFL WRs in 2019. 1 7 45 (53). BAILEY BOOMS IT CAN’T FOOL KENDRICKS Through Week 8, LB is tied for third in the NFL Following his four-field goal, 13-point (most among LBs) with 10 passes defensed, according to league performance vs. Washington in Week stats. Kendricks’ 10 passes defensed have already tied the Vikings 8, Dan Bailey became the second kicker single-season franchise record among , set by Greg in Vikings history to earn Special Teams Biekert in 2002. Player of the Week twice in the same season, having previously done so in Week Since 1999, Karlos Dansby is the only NFL LB to recorded as many 5 at the . passes defensed through eight games as Kendricks’ 10 this season.

Bailey joins former Vikings nfl linebackers, passes defensed Kicker Gary Anderson, who 1999-2019 seasons, games 1-8 won the award in Weeks 3 Player, Team, Season Passes Defensed and 15 of the 1998 season. Eric Kendricks, MIN, 2019 10 Karlos Dansby, ARI, 2013 10 Rolando McClain, OAK, 2011 9 Antonio Pierce, NYG, 2005 9 Joey Porter, PIT, 2004 9

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