Bengals-Vikings notes

• Vikings wide receiver/kick return Cordarrelle Patterson leads the NFL with an average of 33.3 yards per return.

• Minnesota defensive end Jared Allen leads the NFL with 126 sacks since entering the league in 2004.

• Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway is only the seventh player in franchise history to record at least 1,000 career tackles and he ranks tied for second in team annals with 11 career fumble recoveries.

• Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton needs 351 passing yards to join Carson Palmer as the second quarterback in franchise history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.

• Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green (3,675) needs 112 yards to pass Torry Holt for the second most receiving yards in NFL history in the first three years of a career.

• Cincinnati wide receivers Marvin Jones (nine) and A.J. Green (eight) have a chance to become the first teammates in franchise history to each have 10 or more touchdown receptions.

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