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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- As welcomed as the bye week is in the NFL for the rare in-season opportunity for healing and rest, that hole in the schedule can be a momentum-halter too.The Minnesota Vikings returned from their brief vacation with the best antidote on the market for post-break complacency: an unbeaten record.Man, this might have been one of the best practices that Ive ever had in the NFL coming off a bye, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said. Normally you feel a little sluggish, guys are not moving around, and you forget little things and make crazy mistakes. But today we were locked in, focused and flying around, having fun.Of course, sharp workouts during the week dont mean automatic victories. An unlucky bounce in the game at Philadelphia on Sunday is all it would take to snap that turnover-free streak by the offense and bring the perfect record crashing down with it.Everybodys going to want to knock the undefeated team off. Were undefeated, so we know thats going to happen, Munnerlyn said. We have to play a little tougher, and teams are going to come at us a little bit more.Coach Mike Zimmer has rarely missed an opportunity to remind his players of the imprudence of becoming comfortable. So there was no mystery whether his post-practice message to the team Monday included an exhortation to continue striving for improvement. To reporters, Zimmer cited more consistent fulfillment of pass coverage assignments by the defense and eliminating lost-yardage plays by the offense.I talked to them about making sure when you come back that you dont come out here and pull muscles, get some workouts in, watch some tape, Zimmer said. They did a good job in meetings today. For the most part, they did a good job in practice as far as being on point with things. There were a couple things I had to mention to them that we need to do better today, but I think overall, these guys are pretty focused most of the time.As inconsequential as an October practice will be in the scope of their 2016 season, the Vikings showed their coach at least another sign of their potential to be one of those special teams that fit and work together just right.Today was important to see these guys come out here and where they were, Zimmer said. My first year, when Id give them some time off theyd come back and forget everything they had learned. Today it wasnt like that.The only known negative development during the week was the arrest of practice squad offensive lineman Isame Faciane on suspicion of drunken driving. Faciane wasnt on the field Monday, and Zimmer made it sound like he wont be there again, at least in Minnesota.Its disappointing, Zimmer said, and thats one of the things that Im trying to get rid of around here, making sure that our fans are being represented in the right way. It was stupid, and well see.In brighter news, quarterback Taylor Heinicke has been cleared to return to practice on Wednesday. Hes been on the non-football injury reserve list since the start of training camp, the result of severed tendons in his left foot from an ill-fated kick of a glass door attempting to help a locked-out friend enter his apartment.Once he takes the field, the Vikings will have up to three weeks to decide whether to add him to the active roster as a third quarterback this season.---Online:AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL coverage on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Joc Pederson Jersey . 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Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. ST. LOUIS -- Coach Ken Hitchcock criticized the St. Louis Blues effort and focus in a 4-1 loss to Calgary on Tuesday night.If they dont improve both of those areas in a hurry, the results in Thursday nights home game against the Detroit Red Wings might not be much better.The Red Wings are coming into the game as one of the hottest teams in the NHL, having won five consecutive contests after losing their first two to start the season.Detroits most recent win came on Tuesday night at home, a 4-2 victory over Carolina that included the first two goals of the season from center Dylan Larkin.We have to keep going and we cant take the foot of the gas, Larkin told the Detroit News. We have a big test on the road in St. Louis, a good team, especially at home. We have to do the right things that have made us successful in the last five games.Hitchcock also will be looking for his team to do the right things, the parts of the game they didnt do well in the loss to the Flames.We didnt manage it (the puck) very well, Hitchcock said. We played sideways when we should have played with speed and gone north, and we played light on the boards when we could have really won some puck battles and played with a higher level of determination.St. Louis captain Alex Pietrangelo, said it will be up to the players to correct those mistakes if they want to a different outcome against the Redd Wings.ddddddddddddThe games when you dont seem to have it mentally, you have to find a way to win, he said.The Blues could get Jori Lehtera back in the lineup for Thursdays game, but instead of playing center, Hitchcock said there was a chance he could move to left wing and play on a line with Jaden Schwartz at center and Vladimir Tarasenko on right wing.Lehtera has missed the last four games while being treated for an apparent concussion.Left winger Justin Abdelkader could return for the Red Wings after missing the last two games because of a lower-body injury. Returning to St. Louis as a new member of the Red Wings will be center Steve Ott, who spent the last three years with the Blues before signing as a free agent in Detroit.One of the keys to the Red Wings recent success has been the ability to close out games, something they had trouble doing last season.Thats the biggest difference, coach Jeff Blashill told NHL.com. Weve done that so far this season. Weve done a good job of being able to score that extra goal if weve needed it. As Ive talked about, we were actually good defensively in the third period last year but we still gave up lots of leads because youre constantly playing with just a one-goal lead so its a big difference. ' ' '