The Vikings defeated the Seahawks 18-11 on Thursday night in Seattle in the second preseason game for both teams.
Here are three stats that stood out:
68 — yards lost by Seattle on six quarterback sacks; The Vikings first-team defense dropped Russell Wilson four times in the first half. Reserves led by Justin Trattou (1.5 sacks) were able to sack rookie Trevone Boykin twice on the Seahawks final possession; Minnesota allowed just one sack for a loss of eight yards
12 for 111 — number of penalties against Seattle and yards awarded to Minnesota; the Vikings were flagged a total of six times for 90 yards, with most of the damage occurring on a 53-yard pass interference penalty on the game’s final possession
47.