A terrific season by Jared Allen is flying under the radar because the Minnesota Vikings are bringing up the rear in the NFC North. The defensive end was named the NFC defensive player of the month for October. He had eight of his league-high 12 ½ sacks in five games during the month. Through eight games, Allen is on pace to break Michael Strahan’s NFL record 22 ½ (nod to Brett Favre for gifting the record to Strahan). Allen has a half-sack more than Dallas’ DeMarcus Ware.Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys Allen has already surpassed his total of 11 from last season and is just three short of his career high of 15 ½ set in 2007 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He is also 4 ½ sacks shy of 100 for his career. Allen has set a Vikings’ franchise record with a sack in 10 consecutive games.