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  February 22, 2018 12:52 AM PST

  The NFL is down to one unbeaten team and, just as everyone expected after Adrian Peterson and Teddy Bridgewater were injured, its the Minnesota Vikings. Steelers Jerseys Outlet .Seriously? Yes, somehow, despite losing the 2012 MVP for at least several weeks and a starting quarterback for the entire season, not to mention putting their best offensive lineman (Matt Kalil) on injured reserve and missing their best receiver (Stefon Diggs) this week, Minnesota is 5-0 as it heads into its bye.Thats been the greatest thing about this team so far -- just its resiliency, quarterback Sam Bradford said. Weve overcome a lot of hurdles, some adversity early in the year. ... Weve had a lot of guys answer the call.And so the Vikings are atop the NFL with the season roughly a third of the way through.Not the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, who absorbed their first loss Sunday.Not the Philadelphia Eagles, who also lost for the first time this week.Certainly not the defending NFC champion Carolina Panthers, who won only one of their first four games and lost Cam Newton to a concussion in the process.And not the New England Patriots (more on them later).The main reason, to be sure, for Minnesotas success is its tremendously good defense, chock full of talented players such as Xavier Rhodes, Eric Kendricks and Harrison Smith and overseen by head coach Mike Zimmer. That unit held the Houston Texans to 214 net yards in Minnesotas 31-13 victory Sunday.But plenty of credit needs to go to Bradford, who has thrown for six TDs and zero interceptions.He deserves an apology from everyone who mocked the Vikings for shipping a first-round draft choice (plus another pick) to the Philadelphia Eagles to acquire him.Only two clubs in the past 83 years started 5-0 without giving up an interception, and Minnesota is one of them.Were not satisfied, Bradford said. Obviously its early in the year. We havent accomplished anything yet.In case you missed it, here are the other top topics after the NFL seasons fifth Sunday:BRADYS BACK: You may or may not have heard about a certain Patriots QBs four-game Deflategate suspension. Tom Brady returned to action and looked as good as ever, throwing for 406 yards, three TDs and zero interceptions in a 33-13 win against the hapless and winless Cleveland Browns. Brady showed what he can do with a pair of terrific tight ends in Rob Gronkowski and new teammate Martellus Bennett, who combined for 11 catches, 176 yards and 3 TDs (the scoring passes all went to Bennett). Hey, Tom, good to be back? Ready to take your anger at Commissioner Roger Goodell out on every opponent? It felt very much like a normal week for me, Brady said. Bill Belichick must be proud of that answer.BAD NEWS CHARGERS: San Diego keeps finding new ways to lose close games. This time, it was a bobbled snap on a 36-yard field-goal try that could have tied the game late in a 34-31 defeat at Oakland. A TV camera caught San Diego QB Philip Rivers on the sideline saying what appeared to be the phrase Bad News Bears. San Diego is 1-4, with the losses by a combined 14 points. Coach Mike McCoys job cant be all that safe, can it?SPECIAL AND NOT-SO-SPECIAL: There were three punt returns for TDs of 74 or more yards on the same day for the first time in NFL history: Washingtons Jamison Crowder went 85 for a score, Minnesotas Marcus Sherels went 79, and Miamis Jakeem Grant went 74. There was some awful special teams play, too. In addition to the Chargers blunder, there were flubbed fake kicks by the Ravens, Rams and Steelers.DALLAS DUO: As much as the Cowboys might say Tony Romos job is his to keep when he returns from his latest back injury, it sure seems itll be tough to bench Dak Prescott. Dallas is 4-1 after beating Cincinnati 28-14 as Prescott threw for 227 yards and a score; he has yet to throw a pick. The Cowboys are the first team in NFL history with a rookie QB with 1,000 yards passing and a rookie RB (Ezekiel Elliott) with 500 yards rushing after five games. Elliott has three consecutive 130-yards-rushing outings, equaling Emmitt Smiths club record, and his total of 546 on the ground so far is higher than 23 teams have.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Daimion Stafford Jersey . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. Coty Sensabaugh Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.cheapsteelersjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-landry-jones-jersey . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. Theres more talent in the Newcastle Jets treatment ward than at coach Mark Jones disposal for Saturdays trip to AAMI Park, but Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has vowed not to underestimate their deflated A-League opponents.The Jets head to Melbourne in the middle of a barely-precedented injury crisis and without a win in five games.In contrast, Muscat is having sleepless nights on how to stack his team with all of its attacking talents.Running through the list of his wide options, Muscat concluded there would be players unlucky to miss out, especially given red-hot Marco Rojas return from international duty.Mitch Austins start to the season has been exceptional, he said.Fahid (Ben Khalfallah) has shown glimpses in his last game. Good glimpses.Jai (Ingham) comes off the bench (against Western Sydney) and has an unbelievable impact on the game, sets one up after scoring one.And then Maxi whos joined us comes on and scores as well.Its what you want. Its got to be healthy, competition, and decisions will be made on whats best for the team.He said he expected no sulking from those outside the 11 or the squad of 16.It comes down to the individual: do they put the team first or think of themselves first? he said.Its a simple yes or no. Successful teams have got all the players that put the team first (and) Im pretty sure thats what weve got.Victory are coming off a 14-day break after the New Zealand earthquake rescheduled their away trip to face Wellington. Heath Miller Jersey. Muscat said they spent their week off tinkering rather than toiling, more so on some structural stuff than physical stuff.Newcastle boss Mark Jones has endured another week of injury pain, losing two more bodies in their F3 derby draw.The Jets injury list, which includes ex-Victory man Andrew Nabbout, captain Nigel Boogaard, import Aleksandr Kokko, first-choice goalkeeper Ben Kennedy, is the worst in the league.Victory will miss just back-up striker George Howard and left-back Daniel Georgievski.Despite the chasm in their availability list, Muscat said his team didnt expect to coast to three points.Theyve had some very good results so far this season, he said.Theres a certain unpredictability about them. Theyre capable.If we perform well, the result will look after itself. If we dont then were relying on luck or decisions or other things.STATS THAT MATTER* Goals dont come easily in this fixture. Four of the last five meetings have finished 1-0.* But Victory are in goalscoring form, netting 12 times in their last four.* Newcastle winger Andrew Hoole is enjoying a purple patch, creating 18 chances this season; more than any other player and double that of any Victory man.' ' '