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MINNEAPOLIS -- From Aaron Rodgers to Eli Manning, Cam Newton to Marcus Mariota, Mike Zimmer has devised game plans that have made some of the leagues best and most dynamic quarterbacks look like lifelong backups.Next up for the Minnesota Vikings defensive mastermind: Andrew Luck .The Indianapolis Colts (6-7) come to Minnesota on Sunday on the outside of the playoff chase, and Luck knows that hell be facing one of his most difficult tests of the season.Coach Zimmer is obviously an incredible defensive mind, Luck said. You have to be able to run and throw the football, have to protect the football, have to be able to stay ahead of the chains. You dont want to get caught in third-and-long. When you get down in the red zone, you better score some points.Luck comes in ranked fifth in the league in yards per game, having topped 300 yards four times this season. Hes also an underrated running threat with 304 yards rushing, good for second on the team behind starting running back Frank Gore.Hes a tough guy. I really admire guys like him, Zimmer said. He gets hit, and he doesnt complain to the official or anything like that. He just goes about his business, and like I say, hes a tremendous, tremendous quarterback.The Vikings (7-6) are one of just three teams in the league that has yet to allow a 300-yard passer this season. The defense ranks second overall, third against the pass and first in points allowed, serving as the backbone of the Vikings desperate push for the postseason.With an offense that has struggled to put up points this season behind a patchwork offensive line, and a special teams unit that had to change kickers midseason because of Blair Walshs shaky right leg, the defense has been left to carry the load. And thats just the way Zimmer likes it.Here are some key angles about the game:ADRIAN LOOMS: Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson has missed the last 11 games have having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. He returned to practice this week and said he is taking things day by day. Initially, he targeted the game at Green Bay on Dec. 24 to come back. But Peterson also said he likely wouldnt risk playing again this year if the Vikings were eliminated from playoff contention. A home loss to the Colts would push them pretty close to that edge.HARRISON SMITH UPDATE: Vikings standout safety Harrison Smith missed last weeks game against Jacksonville with a severely sprained ankle. Zimmer expressed optimism this week that Smith could defy the odds and return sooner rather than later. Smith missed practice the first two days of the week, leaving his status in doubt for the game. The Vikings certainly could use one of their biggest playmakers back to help them against the Colts, Packers and Bears.PLAYOFF WATCH: Nine AFC teams already have more wins than the Colts, and four of those hold head-to-head tiebreakers over Indianapolis. Add the Colts 4-6 record against conference foes and that its worse than any of the teams in front of them. Its obvious just how precarious their situation is: Win, and they can keep playoff hope alive, lose and they could easily be eliminated.PAGANO WATCH: Chuck Pagano got his first win as a head coach over the Vikings on Sept. 16, 2012. Since then, the Colts have gone to the playoffs three times, won two division titles and reached the AFC championship game in 2015. They also missed the playoffs last year and if they miss them this year, it would be the first time Indy has failed to make the postseason in back-to-back years since 1997 and 1998. Critics already are calling for Paganos ouster, and a second straight loss to a playoff contender would only increase the calls for the coaching change.MILESTONE WATCH: Gore has been passing Hall of Famers all season on the NFLs career rushing list. This week, he needs 77 yards from scrimmage to pass Tony Dorsett (16,293) for No. 10 on the leagues career list. WR T.Y. Hilton needs five receptions to post a career high (82 in 2013 and 2014) and 143 yards to surpass his previous career best (1,345 in 2014). Lucks next 300-yard game will move him into a tie with the late John Unitas (26) for No. 3 on the franchises career list, and K Adam Vinatieris next victory will give him 200 regular-season wins in his career.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Jordans Clearacne . 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Collingwood arent giving up on Darcy Moore playing on Friday night, and on last weeks evidence the AFL club would be wise to give him every possible minute to recover.Hamstring tightness prevented Moore playing in the second half of the Magpies 19-point win over West Coast on Saturday afternoon.But in 40 minutes of footy, he did enough to put Collingwood on top and snag a rising star nomination.Moore, 20, kicked 3.2 and took five contested marks in a coming-of-age display that delighted coach Nathan Buckley.At various stages of a career you take those next leaps, the next jumps, he said.(He played) 39 minutes and 41 seconds I think but it was significant.Were looking forward to see where he can go and where we can go along with Darce.Moore said he was stoked with his effort, even if he was denied a crack at beating his career-best haul of five goals.I love playing footy and I love playing like that, he said.Playing in a team that knocks off the Eagles is pretty cool as well.To drive home with a bandage on wasnt ideall .dddddddddddd. but as they say, thats footy.Buckley said training sessions would decide whether he could back it up against Richmond on Friday night, with plenty in the clubs hot VFL side putting their hands up for selection.Tyson Goldsack and Brent Macaffer were named in the best in the reserves ninth-straight win, with Mason Cox kicking two goals.Alex Fasolo is also keen to return after another missed match due to a shoulder complaint.Buckley also said Scott Pendlebury wasnt in danger of missing against Richmond despite being sent for precautionary scans on Monday.The good vibrations might be flowing ahead of their clash with the rock-bottom Tigers but Buckley suggested there would be changes among backroom staff at the club in the off-season.Were constantly reviewing and having conversations with all our staff, he said.Were looking to get better year on year and change is inevitable. 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