{"id":870377,"date":"2026-10-04T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/870377\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:42:12","slug":"vikings-close-in-on-record-for-consecutive-four-sack-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/870377\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings close in on record for consecutive four-sack games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings have won eight games in a row (3-0 this season) thanks to a defense that has at times been dominant.<\/p>\n<p>It has consistently been getting to the quarterback before he can throw the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Via NBC Sports research, Minnesota\u2019s six-game streak of four or more sacks is two short of the all-time record. The Colts set it in 1975, with eight straight games of four-or-more sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Three teams have done it seven games in a row: the 1986 Broncos, the 1969 Lions, and the 1963 Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The current streak is the longest since the Giants did it in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings lead the NFL with 14 sacks. Dallas Turner has 3.5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings have won eight games in a row (3-0 this season) thanks to a defense that has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-870377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}