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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are a mess. Coach Leslie Frazier said hes certain this can be cleaned up. Progress will have to happen fast, though, or else these early season issues will linger. "Weve got to look at what were doing and try to figure out ways to try to improve our team, and I think we can get that done," Frazier said Monday. "Im certain of it, that we can get that done, and weve got the right people on our team for it to happen." The Vikings (1-4) have allowed 31.6 points per game, third most in the league. The offence has plenty of problems, too, as evidenced by the two interceptions and four punts on nine possessions in a 35-10 loss Sunday to Carolina. The Vikings face the winless New York Giants (0-6) next Monday night. But if they dont figure out how to fix the soft coverage on third downs, increase their pass rush and put together the kind of sustained, time-consuming touchdown drives the Panthers enjoyed, then they wont be able to beat anybody. "Im a positive human being, but I also think theres something to a little negative reinforcement. I hope this sticks in everyones gut a little bit, in their craw," defensive end Jared Allen said after the game. He added: "I think it might be the worst home loss Ive ever experienced in my career." The starting quarterback is in question, after Matt Cassel was picked off twice Sunday. Josh Freeman could take over, and Frazier said hed like to make up his mind in the next few days. He said hes not leaning one way or another. "I want to sit down and discuss some things with those guys and make a decision as I get a feel for where they are," Frazier said. The coach acknowledged the challenge for a quarterback in joining a team with a season in progress and having to absorb the playbook so quickly. But he also called Freeman "a bright young man" and gave no indication that he felt Freeman wasnt ready. Hes only been with the team for one week, having been cut by Tampa Bay. Cassel said he didnt know if hed start again. "I hope that I am," he said. "I think that this team is going to turn things around, and I would love to be the starter. ... But at the same time, the coach makes the decisions. So well see." Tight end Kyle Rudolph wondered why this was an issue. Cassel is 48 for 69 for 489 yards and a 69.6 completion rate, three touchdowns and the two turnovers in two games since replacing Christian Ponder. "I dont see why. I think Josh needs some time to get comfortable here, learn the offence," Rudolph said. In three years under Frazier, the Vikings have lost their first game after their bye weeks each time, by a combined 108-27 score. "Its not a lost season. Weve just got to do some things a little better than what were doing, and if we do things will turn around for us," Frazier said. The secondary has struggled all season, a young group going through all kinds of growing pains without their leader Antoine Winfield. Frazier said struggling cornerback Josh Robinson will stay in the starting lineup, despite being at least partially responsible for two of Carolinas touchdown passes. While cornerback Chris Cook and safety Jamarca Sanford returned Sunday, the literal pains continued. Safety Harrison Smith suffered a turf toe injury on his left foot that required an MRI. Cornerback Xavier Rhodes sprained his right ankle, but he shrugged that off in the locker room Monday. "Nothing that can hold me back," he said. The Vikings also lost starting linebacker Desmond Bishop to a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, another setback in a series of them in 2013 for this playoff team from the year before. Fraziers job status has grown tenuous with this bad start. The same goes for offensive co-ordinator Bill Musgrave and defensive co-ordinator Alan Williams. But Frazier voiced his support for them Monday. "Theyre working as hard as they can to put our players in the best position to succeed," Frazier said. "And our players, when theyre put in those positions, theyve got to execute their assignments when that happens." wholesale jerseys . - The Kansas City Royals are hoping All-Star catcher Salvador Perez will be back in a few days. cheap jerseys from china . Brad Richards scored twice on New Yorks previously anemic power play, Martin St. Louis had three assists in his best game since joining the Rangers last month, and Henrik Lundqvist kept the Carolina Hurricanes at bay in a 4-1 victory on Tuesday night. http://www.cheapjerseyschina.cc/. -- The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins erupted for five goals in the third period to beat the St. cheap jerseys . There is considerable interest from fans around the league as well, with all eight teams vulnerable to poaching. Perhaps his best option at landing his first choice at QB, the expansion draft also poses problems for general manager Marcel Desjardins. cheap nfl jerseys china . Hudson pitched into the eighth inning after having eight days between starts, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Saturday night.NAPLES, Italy - Italy and Napoli fullback Christian Maggio has been hospitalized with a collapsed lung after getting hit in the chest earlier this week in training. Napoli says Maggio was taken to a medical facility near its training centre after the squad returned from Portugal early Friday morning following a 1-0 loss to Porto in the Europa League — in which Maggio did not play. The cllub says Maggio will remain in the hospital for 24 hours to have the affected lung drained, although it was unclear how long hell be out.dddddddddddd. 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