If the playoffs can't keep the attention of the Vikings' fan base, maybe a couple of record chasers will. Adrian Peterson could break his career bests of 1,885 rush yards and 18 touchdowns, and Jared Allen is on pace to set an NFL record with 25 sacks.

Jared Allen knows football isn't rocket science. It's so simple in fact that Allen says the Vikings are good when they do their jobs, but bad when they don't. It's also simple getting fired up to the Packers. When the Vikes face Green Bay this Sunday, he says everyone will be trying.

Jared Allen set a Vikings' record for games played with consecutive sacks, but he tells the Pioneer Press he doesn't care about individual records -- especially when the defense couldn't stop Green Bay from running out the clock with 2:30 left in the game.

Jared Allen is on pace to break the NFL record for most sacks in a season. Sunday he'll face second-string tackle Marshall Newhouse, as Packers starter Chad Clifton nurses a hamstring injury. The Pack came into the Dome without Clifton two years ago. Eight sacks later, they limped out with a loss.

Jared Allen is on Yahoo’s midseason All-NFL team. Allen gets the nod at defensive end, where he’s succeeding despite the Vikings’ 2-6 record. Allen has 13 sacks through 8 games -- and is on pace to break the single-season sacks record.

Jared Allen leads the NFL with 9 1/2 sacks, but that isn't enough to make him happy. He's a team player and says the Vikings' 1-5 record makes him want to vomit. Allen says the team needs to find a way to play well in all three phases of the game.

Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is a new father. His wife gave birth to their first child, a little girl named Brinley Noel Allen. Leslie Frazier says Allen is as "pumped up as you can imagine."

Jared Allen's dominance is going unnoticed in the pass-happy NFL. The defensive end leads the league with 8.5 sacks through five games, and he's on pace to break Michael Strahan's single season sack record of 22.5. Allen is on pace to finish with 27 sacks.