Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen had a great game on Sunday in Charlotte, despite battling an illness.
With three sacks, three tackles for loss, and a whopping nine quarterback hurries against the Panthers, Griffen won the NFC defensive player of the week award.
The Vikings have had a player of the week each week in 2016; linebacker Eric Kendricks won the defensive prize in Week One, and receiver Stefon Diggs earned the offensive equivalent in Week Two.
The regular-season player-of-the-week streak stands at five. Griffen was defensive player of the week in Week 17 of 2015, and kicker Blair Walsh was the special-teams player of the week in Week 16.
Griffen still wasn’t satisfied with his three-sack day.
“The last play of the game when Cam threw the interception [Everson] had his fourth sack and that’s all he talked about the rest of the day is how he missed his fourth sack of the game but that’s just the kind of player that Ev is,” tight end Kyle Rudolph told PFT Live on Monday.
More sacks are surely coming from Griffen, and a four-sack game seems to be lurking.