Seahawks seek 1st 5-0 start in team history hosting Vikings
MINNESOTA (1-3) at SEATTLE (4-0)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
OPENING LINE - Seahawks by 9
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Vikings 2-2-0; Seahawks 4-0-0
SERIES RECORD - Seahawks lead 12-5
LAST MEETING - Seahawks beat Vikings 37-30, Dec. 2, 2019 at Seattle
LAST WEEK - Vikings beat Texans 31-23; Seahawks beat Dolphins 31-23
AP PRO32 RANKING - Vikings No. 22; Seahawks No. 2.
VIKINGS OFFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (5), PASS (28).
VIKINGS DEFENSE - OVERALL (29), RUSH (4), PASS (29).
SEAHAWKS OFFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (17), PASS (3).
SEAHAWKS DEFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (3), PASS (32).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Third straight season the teams are meeting in Seattle. ... The Vikings have lost six straight games to the Seahawks, with the last win coming in Minnesota in 2009, the year before Seattle hired Pete Carroll as head coach. ... The only other time in their 60-year history that the Vikings have played a non-divisional opponent on the road in three consecutive regular seasons was at Washington in 2010-12. ... The Vikings have scored 30-plus points in three of four games. Their offense is fourth in the NFL in average yards per play, but they're allowing the third-most sacks per pass attempt and they're just 25th in third-down conversions. As a team, their turnover margin (minus-4) is tied for fourth worst in the league. ...Vikings RB Dalvin Cook leads the league in rushing yards (424) and has a career-high average of 5.7 yards per carry. He has 21 rushing TDs in his last 20 games. ... Cook and WRs Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson gave the Vikings a 100-yard rusher and two 100-yard receivers against the Texans, the franchise's first such trio in a game since Nov. 19, 2000, against Carolina. ... Minnesota's defense has the second-lowest third-down conversion rate allowed and the second-lowest touchdown rate allowed inside the 20-yard line. The Vikings rank just 25th in average yards per play allowed and 23rd in sacks per pass attempt, though. ... Vikings LB Eric Kendricks, a 2019 All-Pro, leads the NFL in combined tackles (45). ... The Seahawks are 4-0 for the second time in franchise history. The previous time was 2013 when they went on to win the Super Bowl. The Seahawks have never started 5-0. ... This is the second of three scheduled prime-time home games for the Seahawks. They are 20-3 in prime-time home games since 2010. ... The Seahawks have scored 30 or more points in four straight games. They have never scored 30-plus in five straight. ... QB Russell Wilson tied Peyton Manning's record with 16 TD passes in the first four games. .Wilson has a 113.5 career passer rating in five games against the Vikings. ... Wilson has passed for at least 300 yards in three of four games. ... RB Chris Carson had his first two rushing touchdowns of the season vs. Miami. ... WR DK Metcalf is tied for the NFL lead in yards receiving with 403 with Buffalo's Stefon Diggs. Metcalf leads the league averaging 25.2 yards per catch. ... Seattle's pass defense ranks last in the NFL giving up 401 yards per game. But the Seahawks are third in rush defense, allowing 75.8 yards per game on the ground. ... LB Bobby Wagner had a season-high 12 tackles last week and LB K.J. Wright had 11. ... S Jamal Adams to miss his second straight game with a groin injury. ... S Ryan Neal and CB Shaquill Griffin both have interceptions in two straight games. ... Fantasy tip: Cook may lead the NFL in rushing, but Seattle has not allowed a running back to rush for more than Todd Gurley's 56 yards in Week 1. No running back has had more than 14 carries against the Seahawks.
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