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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- ?? The Minnesota Vikings have dug about as deep as they can into their roster to maintain the offensive line, after allocating plenty of offseason resources to the position on which their Super Bowl hope could hinge.Two weeks ago, they even took a flier on an injury-waylaid veteran. Pressed up against the salary cap and hesitant to part with young players or more high draft picks after the steep price of acquiring quarterback Sam Bradford, they likely wont be able to make a deal for another blocker before the trade deadline next week.This group, then, is what the Vikings must work with in order to preserve Bradfords health, let alone give him time to throw, and keep up a championship chase.I think its just playing better with what you have. I mean, what are you going to do? Theres not much you can do. Its not like youre going to go down to Carls Jr. and find somebody, said left guard Alex Boone, perhaps unaware that the fast-food chain doesnt have any locations close to Minnesota, where he is in his first season after signing as a free agent from San Francisco.Bradford was sacked six times, losing fumbles on two of them , and intercepted once under pressure during a rough performance at Philadelphia that stuck the Vikings (5-1) with their first defeat and prompted coach Mike Zimmer to describe the lines play as soft.Jake Long, the former first overall pick in the 2008 draft who was picked up for depth the week before, was beaten for both strip sacks in limited time spelling T.J. Clemmings at left tackle. Right tackle Jeremiah Sirles had trouble, too, with the fierce outside rush the Eagles applied, using safety blitzes, wide-aligned outside linebackers or interior linemen on stunts.If Sam is getting hit, if Sam doesnt feel comfortable back there, its our fault, Sirles said. Its not one guys fault. Its five guys fault. But we all took our turn.The blame for the problematic pressure transcended the front five, though. Running back Matt Asiata whiffed on a couple of attempts to pick up a blitzing defender. Bradford wasnt his usual sharp self in the pocket, playing against his former team in a difficult environment for the visitors. The receivers, collectively, didnt run routes as crisply as they had in the first five games.The mistakes that we made on Sunday, theyre all fixable, Bradford said. A lot of them were just mental mistakes. Theyre things that we have done correctly the previous five weeks and just failed to execute or failed to do them correctly.Sometimes, linemen are just outrushed, or running backs are overpowered, either due to poor technique or an unfavorable matchup. Many times, though, an offense can prevent a sack or a hit or a pressure with better recognition of the rush and communication about how to handle it. The Eagles brought well-timed and well-disguised blitzes, and more than once had a free rusher in Bradfords face.Theres so much that goes into protection, right guard Brandon Fusco said. You cant always point to the offensive line, you know?When the Vikings play Monday at Chicago, theyll be tasked with fending off some viable outside linebackers in Leonard Floyd, Pernell McPhee and Willie Young. That means Clemmings and Sirles, and Long if he continues to rotate in for one or both of them, will need to be on their game.When they put me in there, Ive got to earn that trust and play better, Long said.The Vikings didnt draft an offensive lineman until the fourth round, when they took guard Willie Beavers. He was released before the start of the regular season, before being added to the practice squad and elevated to the active roster after the injuries piled up.They spent money, though, by signing Boone and right tackle Andre Smith. With Smith and left tackle Matt Kalil on injured reserve and another starter from last year, Mike Harris, out indefinitely with an illness, the Vikings have the third-highest allocation of their salary-cap figure to the offensive line in the league.Youre a professional, Boone said. Youre expected to do it.---Online:AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL coverage on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Allen Craig Jersey . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. Tony Gwynn Jersey . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. http://www.cheappadresjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-eric-hosmer-jersey . Just not the game. 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We have all these teams that lost one game now.Somebody has to decide who gets to do what.Top-ranked Alabama (10-0) hosts Chattanooga (8-2) on Saturday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2) at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.Almost, but not quite, overlooked as the upsets of No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 8 Texas A&M, and No. 9 Auburn rolled in during the afternoon and evening last weekend was that the Crimson Tide clinched the SEC West.The 52-3 rout of Mississippi State coupled with Auburns loss at Georgia left them with a two-game cushion in the standings with only one SEC game left on the card. No matter what happens now, Alabama is a lock to play in the SEC championship game in Atlanta on Dec. 3.Also, no matter how it fares against Auburn in the Iron Bowl, the Tide looks to be heavily favored to beat the East winner -- either Florida or Tennessee -- in the title game and likely advance to the College Football Playoff. But although the Tide has overcome a loss to capture three of its four national titles under Saban, the coach wants no slip-ups down the stretch.If you put yourself in that situation, you let somebody else decided what your fate is, Saban said. If you take care of your business and do things the way you need to do it, then maybe you can control your own destiny in the way you play.Thats certainly much more the way we would like for it to be from our perspective. Weve got lots of tough games we have to play between now and then. We want to take it one game at a timme and focus on improving.ddddddddddddAlabama is on a 22-game winning streak, the longest of Sabans tenure and the third-longest in program history.Thats something that we take and try and keep going, Alabama wide receiver ArDarius Stewart said. Coach talks about it every week, all week, that you cant get complacent and you have to do all the little things right. Thats something we take pride in and try to do every week.The Tide put up impressive numbers against Mississippi State. Freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts became the first quarterback in Alabama history to throw for 300 yards (347) and rush for 100 yards (100) in the same game as he accounted for 447 yards of total offense, third-best in school history.Stewart became only the sixth player in program history to have three touchdown receptions in one game, and tight end O.J. Howard caught six passes for a season-high 77 yards with four of receptions resulting in first downs.We made a lot of explosive plays on offense, and executed in the passing game more efficiently and effectively, Saban said. Defensively, we made stops when we needed to when they made plays.Meanwhile, Chattanooga was losing for only the second time this season, a 36-28 setback to Wofford that dropped the Mocs five spots to No. 12 in the STATS media poll.Chattanooga is looking forward to the trip to Tuscaloosa.Our guys will be excited to play, Mocs coach Russ Huesman said. I think everybody knows this is the best team in the country. Our players know they have tremendous players, and I know they have tremendous coaches, very smart people there.Watching film, theyre not only athletic, but they do things right in all phases of the game. Its going to be a tough test, and were looking forward to it.Alabama won all 12 meetings, including 49-0 in the last encounter in 2013. ' ' '