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Defense: The Vikings endured a rollercoaster night on defense against Seattle, highlighted by Anthony Harris’ pick-six in the second quarter.
But the Vikings defense was hurt in the run game as Seattle ran for 218 yards, a season-high allowed by Minnesota.
Danielle Hunter and Ifeadi Odenigbo had sacks for the Vikings, who also gave up a season-high 444 total yards.
The Vikings rank 11th in the league by allowing 20.2 points per game and are 16th with 347.4 yards allowed per game. Hunter leads the team with 9.5 sacks, while Harris has a team-high four interceptions.
Detroit’s defense ranks 29th in yards allowed per game (398.1) and is 25th in points per game (26.3).
Trey Flowers had a sack on Mitch Trubisky, and Darius Slay picked off the quarterback.
Flowers and Devon Kennard lead Detroit with 6.0 sacks, and Slay has a team-high two interceptions.
Special teams: Vikings kicker Dan Bailey made his lone field goal try from 47 yards and was good on three of four extra points on Monday night.
Bailey has made 16 of 18 field goals and 33 of 36 extra points so far in 2019.
Punter Britton Colquitt averaged 42.5 yards on four punts. He’s averaging 45.5 yards per punt in 2019.
Lions kicker Matt Prater made a pair of field goals and a pair of extra points against Chicago. He’s made 22 of 26 field goals in 2019, as well as 28 of 29 extra points.
Detroit punter Sam Martin averaged 46.2 yards on five punts. He averages 43.5 yards per punt.
Kickoff returner Jamal Agnew had a 100-yard kickoff return earlier this season, and he is averaging 26.7 yards per return.