Everson Griffen was shut out until late in the fourth quarter, but the streak remains alive.

With 5:37 left in the Vikings’ 23-10 win Sunday over Green Bay at U.S. Bank Stadium, the defensive end burst through to sack Brett Hundley for a 6-yard loss. It marked the first time in his career Griffen has had a sack in six straight games.

“I cannot do it without my front four,’’ said Griffen, who has seven sacks in Minnesota’s six games. “We have the best front four in the league. We get the job done on a daily basis. We feed off each other and play for one another. We love each other.’’

Griffen, an eight-year veteran, had a stretch of five straight games with at least one sack in October and November 2014. He’s now two shy of the team record for sacks in eight straight games, set by Jim Marshall in 1969 and tied by Jared Allen in 2010 and 2011.

“It’s an all-day affair for those offensive tackles when they’ve got to go against him,’’ said Vikings coach Mike Zimmer. “I think Everson continues to do a good job, he’s a good leader on this football team.’’

SMITH’S EXTRA PRACTICE

Following Thursday’s practice, safety Harrison Smith stayed long after all other Vikings players had departed to catch balls spit out of an automatic ball machine.

It paid off.

Early in the fourth quarter Sunday, with the Vikings up 20-10, Smith made a diving one-handed interception of a Hundley pass. He got up and ran 19 yards to the Packers 35, leading to a 53-yard field goal by Kai Forbath.

“I hope it does (help),’’ Smith said of practice with the ball machine. “I was really just making sure I got it knocked down, and I had a chance to finish.’’

Smith also had 1 1/2 sacks. It marked the first time in his six-year career he has had more than one sack in a game.

BANGED-UP VIKINGS

The Vikings entered the game without injured quarterback Sam Bradford (knee), wide receiver Stefon Diggs (groin), guard Nick Easton (calf) and safety Andrew Sendejo (groin), all starters.

Those four were inactive along with wide receiver Rodney Adams, tackle Aviante Collins and defensive end Tashawn Bower.

Two more players were hurt during the game in linebacker Anthony Barr, lost for the second half with a concussion, and wide receiver Michael Floyd, lost in the third quarter with a calf injury. Floyd, a St. Paul native, had started his first Vikings game in place of Diggs and had one catch for five yards.

Replacing Sendejo was Anthony Harris, whom Zimmer said did a “decent’’ job. Sirles, who took over for Easton, said he generally as satisfied but that he “gave up a couple of pressures’’ he shouldn’t have.

Easton’s injury enabled rookie guard Danny Isidora to be active for the first time in his NFL career. He got into the game on special teams.

NEW KICKOFF RETURNER

Vikings rookie wide receiver Stacy Coley returned kickoffs after running back Jerick McKinnon had handled the duties for the first five games.

Zimmer said one reason for the change was McKinnon taking on a more important role following running back Dalvin Cook being lost for the season with a torn ACL Oct. 1 against Detroit.

“Jerick is getting a lot more plays with the offense, so that was just part of it,’’ Zimmer said, “I wanted to take a look at Coley, see how he does. We haven’t got a lot of production out of that spot this year and I’d like to get some more production.’’

Coley didn’t provide much. He had one return for 19 yards. There were two touchbacks, including one in which Coley was unsure about downing the ball or taking it out of the end zone until he downed it about an inch behind the line.

NEW VIKINGS CELEBRATION

The Vikings didn’t roll out any celebrations Sunday as elaborate as the “Duck, Duck, Gray Duck’’ one on Oct. 9 at Chicago. Still, there was one that got some attention.

After McKinnon scored on a 27-yard screen pass in the second quarter, he and Sirles danced in the end zone. Sirles said the moves were modeled after “Hit Dem Folks,’’ a hip-hop dance that became popular a few years ago.

“Me and (McKinnon) have been planning that for like three years, just joking around, back before (group) celebrations were legal and this year when they’re finally legal, we were like, ‘All right, we’re going to do it,’’’ Sirles said.

With his dance moves on Twitter, Sirles said he’s “been getting crushed for it.’’

GOODELL VISITS

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell attended Sunday’s game.

Goodell wanted to get another look at U.S. Bank Stadium, site of Super Bowl LII in February. It marked the third straight year Goodell has attended a Green Bay game at Minnesota.