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LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Sam Bradford was rolling along with the Minnesota Vikings right until he got squashed by his former team last week.Then again, at least he was playing.Its been a while since Chicagos Jay Cutler could say that.Bradford tries to shake off a six-sack outing in the Vikings first loss when Minnesota meets the returning Cutler and the struggling Bears on Monday night.Things couldnt have gone much worse for Bradford and the Vikings (5-1) in a 21-10 defeat to Philadelphia that seemed to expose their shortcomings and lay out a blueprint for the rest of the league.I think we just realized that weve got a lot of work to do, but when you look at the film and you look at the things, 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 on Sunday. So, weve just got to get back on track and go out there and be the offense we know we can be.The Eagles disguised their blitzes and had their way with the offensive line. It all added up to a rough outing for Bradford .Besides the six sacks, he absorbed 12 hits, fumbled four times and lost two of them. He also threw an interception.The Bears (1-6), meanwhile, have struggled through injuries and poor play on offense and defense in their worst start since the 2000 team dropped seven of its first eight. For Cutler, it hasnt been easy to watch.Its hard when youre hurt and not playing, getting back in the mix, he said. You just got to keep fighting through it.Nothing lasts forever. And I think everyone in the locker room knows that. Theres some talent in the locker room. Theres a lot of guys banged up that hopefully we get back soon. You just got to keep playing football. Thats all we can do.They are getting Cutler back from a five-game absence because of a sprained right thumb. But whether theyre welcoming him back with open arms is open to debate.The Bears have little choice, but to go with him because Brian Hoyer broke his left arm in a 26-10 loss at Green Bay in the previous game.I do think that Cutler will give them a lift coming back, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. Hes a big-time arm talent. I think that were going to have to play very well in order to win.There had been plenty of speculation about Cutlers future in Chicago, particularly with Hoyer playing five-plus games without an interception. Fox only fueled it when he said the starting spot is performance-based.But its a moot point now.Cutler will suit up for the first time since he left against Philadelphia in the second game of the season. The five-game absence will be the longest he has returned from in a season and hell be going against the leagues stingiest defense.Theyre top five in about everything, theyve been together for a while, theyre relatively healthy and theyre playing good football, Cutler said.Theyve shown a lot of different looks, especially on third downs, but weve ... seen a lot of it. We kind of know how to attack it, but its just going to be about execution and guys doing exactly what we need to do.As for Bradford and the Vikings, Minnesota had been playing well enough to mask its weaknesses and pile up wins despite serious injuries to Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Peterson.A big reason was their new quarterback, who was thriving after a trade from Philadelphia on Sept. 3. The Vikings were scrambling for one and made the move just days after Bridgewater suffered his serious knee injury.Despite a crash course in learning the Vikings system, Bradford came into the game against the Eagles with the NFLs top completion percentage and No. 2 passer rating. But against Philadelphia, things didnt go so well.The Eagles disguised blitzes out of zone packages and had their way with a patchwork offensive line.I think each defense is different, but obviously, Im sure Chicago is looking at what they did and what they had success with, Bradford said. And Im sure well see some carry-over, so weve got to be prepared to see some of that.---AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Charles Mann Womens Jersey . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. 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CINCINNATI -- Playing with the highest preseason ranking in its history, Xavier got a win that was too close for comfort.Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 25 points and led a second-half surge that carried No. 7 Xavier to an 84-81 victory over Lehigh on Friday night.Edmond Sumner also set a career high with 24 points as Xavier (1-0) rallied after letting a double-digit lead slip away. Lehigh (0-1) got the ball back with 17.7 seconds left on Sumners offensive foul and missed a pair of 3-point shots.Really disappointed with our last 3 or 4 minutes of the game, Xavier coach Chris Mack said . Some of the mistakes we made were inexcusable down the stretch and we have to correct those very, very quickly.Sumner opened the game with a three-point play and had 11 of Xaviers first 20 points, showing more patience in his second season running the offense. The Musketeers led by as many as 12 points in the half, with Sumner scoring 15.We couldnt guard anybody, Lehigh coach Brett Reed said. Edmond Sumner was playing like an All-American. He was living at the rim. Our defense got shredded and thats what I was most disappointed in.Tim Kempton , the Patriot Leagues two-time player of the year, scored 25 points and steadied the Mountain Hawks, who took advantage of Xaviers defensive breakdowns. Kyle Leufroys 3 gave them their only lead at 58-57 with 11:39 left.Bluiett then asserted himself, scoring 10 points during a 16-5 run that put Xavier ahead to stay. Xavier had three turnovers -- two by Sumner -- in the final 61 seconds, giving Lehigh a chance to close in after trailing by eight.Very sloppy, said Sumner , who had six assists and six turnovers. We work on thatt at practice, so no excuse.dddddddddddd We were just a little careless.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier held its ground. The Musketeers were ranked as high as No. 5 last season, a school record.BIG PICTURELehigh: The Mountain Hawks got started on another challenging November. Last season, they lost their opener at Syracuse 57-47 and dropped their first seven games overall.My message was that Im disappointed and I thought this is one we could have gotten, Reed said.Xavier: The Musketeers missed the defense and outside shooting of senior guard Myles Davis, suspended indefinitely while the courts handle a misdemeanor case involving his former girlfriends property.OPENERSXavier has won 27 straight season openers, including 17 at the Cintas Center. Lehigh hasnt won a season opener since 2008.PLAY `EM ALLMack quickly had to go deep into his bench. With 13 minutes left in the first half, Sumner was the only holdover from last season on the floor. Bluiett picked up his second foul with 14:25 left and took a seat.TRY IT ALLLehigh used a press, a half-court trap and a zone defense in the first half to slow Xavier after its fast start.OUCHXavier senior guard Malcolm Bernard went down awkwardly and grabbed his right ankle and foot late in the first half. He limped off and went to the locker room but returned for the second half and finished with five points.UP NEXTLehigh: Plays at Yale on Thursday.Xavier: Hosts Buffalo on Monday. The Musketeers improved to 217-31 at the Cintas Center.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay ' ' '