Each week, beat guy Matt Vensel will highlight five Vikings stats that really mean something.

14 — total pressures allowed by left tackle Matt Kalil through three games.

No offensive lineman in the league has allowed more pressures than Kalil. His struggles continued in Sunday's 20-9 loss to the Saints. He gave up another sack and six total pressures, keeping two different Vikings quarterbacks on the run. Kalil has now surrendered three sacks, two quarterback hits and nine hurries in 2014, per Pro Football Focus. Other linemen have allowed more sacks or hits, but none have given up more total pressures. Head coach Mike Zimmer said yesterday that Kalil needs to move on from mistakes quickly instead of dwelling on them then getting beaten again.

75 — quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's accuracy percentage when pressured.

Speaking of pressure, Bridgewater handled it well after relieving Matt Cassel in the second quarter Sunday. The rookie quarterback was pressured on 12 of his 25 dropbacks, according to Pro Football Focus, and he completed five of his eight attempts when pressured for 49 yards (and one of those incompletions was a drop). Bridgewater was sacked twice and scrambled out of the pocket for positive yards on a couple of plays. His accuracy percentage under pressure (75 percent) this season is nearly 20 points higher than that of Cassel (58.3), who is sidelined with a broken foot.

five — touches per game for wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson this season.

After busting a 67-yard touchdown run in the season opener, his sixth straight game with a score, Patterson has been quiet. He had no carries and just four catches in Week 2. And on Sunday, he had one carry, on which he lost seven yards, and four catches for 61 receiving yards. The Vikings have been spreading the ball around; four players have between 14 and 18 targets this season. But with running back Adrian Peterson and tight end Kyle Rudolph out, perhaps they should try to get Patterson, who is averaging 15.9 yards per touch, even more involved offensively.

7.8 — yards per pass attempt allowed by the Vikings defense through three weeks.

Saints quarterback Drew Brees started Sunday's game on a roll, completing his first nine passes for 108 yards and a touchdown. He finished the game with 293 yards and two scores on 27-for-35 passing, giving him an average of 8.4 yards per attempt. The numbers are inflated a little by Brees' performance, but through three games, the Vikings are allowing 7.8 yards per attempt, which ranks 23rd in the NFL. The task is not going to get any easier with Matt Ryan, Julio Jones and the Falcons, who lead the league at 8.9 yards per attempt, coming to TCF Bank Stadium this weekend.

115 — minutes (and 54 seconds) since the last time the Vikings scored a TD.

It may feel like forever ago, but remember when Cassel connected with running back Matt Asiata for a 25-yard touchdown with 10:54 left in the first quarter of the 30-7 loss to the Patriots? That was the team's last touchdown. In their past 115 minutes and 54 seconds of play, the Vikings have not gotten in the end zone. Heck, they have only passed their opponent's 20-yard line three times. Only four teams have scored fewer points than the Vikings, who have just 50 so far.