2. Another week, another big game for Jaxon Smith-Njigba and a significant milestone.

For nearly an entire half, the Vikings kept Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle’s top receiver, off the stat sheet, despite two controversial no-calls on Smith-Njigba pass attempts in the third period that resulted in a lot of early contact by Minnesota came defensive backs.

Late in the second quarter, however, Geno Smith and Smith-Njigba found their rhythm: The second-year receiver caught three passes, including an 18-yard touchdown, to end the half.

Smith-Njigba added more big catches in the second half, finishing the game with five catches for 95 yards. This marked the eighth straight game in which he led the team in receiving yards.

Smith-Njigba also reached a major milestone on Sunday, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career, ranking 10th^Th Receiver in franchise history to do this.

3. The Seahawks defense did a lot of things well, but couldn’t get the stops it needed late.

The numbers show the Seahawks defense did many things well against an explosive Vikings offense, giving Minnesota a 3-for-12 conversion rate on third down, 298 total yards and an average of 4.8 yards per play.

But even though the Seahawks forced six punts and did a lot of things well, they couldn’t get the stop they needed late after the offense gave Seattle its first lead of the game. Trailing 24-20, the Vikings were able to reach 60 yards in four plays and took the lead for good when leading receiver Justin Jefferson was wide open for a 39-yard touchdown, Minnesota’s longest play of the game .

4. Penalties proved to be very costly for the Seahawks.

For the second time in as many losses, penalties were a problem for the Seahawks, who had a season-high 108 penalty yards against them a week ago. A total of 11 penalties were called against the Seahawks in this game, several of which proved costly.

Of those 11 penalties, the largest was a very unfortunate facemask penalty on rookie Byron Murphy II, who made a great play for a sack that would have forced Minnesota’s go-ahead third-and-long. Instead, he accidentally caught Sam Darnold’s facemask while tackling, giving Minnesota 15 yards and a first down and setting up the game-winning score.