With quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers offense on the field for the majority of the second half last night, eight Vikings regulars on defense had season-high snap totals in the thrilling 20-13 win at Lambeau Field.
The Packers ran 79 plays compared to just 48 for the Vikings. That was the most an opponent has had this season. And the Vikings defenders didn't have much time to catch their breath as the Packers kept the pedal to the metal on offense while unsuccessfully trying to rally from a 20-3 deficit.
Safeties Harrison Smith and Andrew Sendejo, cornerbacks Xavier Rhodes and Terence Newman, and middle linebacker Eric Kendricks played every snap. After the game, Smith said he was so exhausted in the late stages that he wasn't sure if he could have continued his Ironman streak any longer.
Outside linebacker Anthony Barr played a season-high 76 snaps and defensive tackle Tom Johnson logged a season-high 72. Defensive end Brian Robison's 66 snaps tied his season high set against the Rams in Week 9.
Defensive end Everson Griffen played 68 snaps, four fewer than he played in a pair of other games, but that was still a significant workload for him.
In all, only 14 players saw the field on defense, in large part due to Green Bay's no-huddle attack. A week ago, in the blowout win against the Giants, 21 of the 22 defensive players on the roster played at least six snaps.
But the Vikings defenders had just enough left to hold off the Packers.
Here are some other observations from the NFL's official snap counts: