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 LaMarcus Aldridge College Jersey . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. 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BALTIMORE -- Stunned by an early barrage of home runs, the Houston Astros put on an offensive show of their own to emphatically end a five-game losing streak.Jose Altuve homered and had five RBI, and Houston rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 15-8 on Friday night despite allowing four homers in the first inning.George Springer went 4 for 5 with a home run for the Astros, who also got long balls from Evan Gattis and Teoscar Hernandez.Early on, Houston appeared destined to drop to .500 for the first time since June 1.The Orioles became the first team in the modern era (since 1900) to open a game with four home runs before making an out, according to STATS. Adam Jones hit Collin McHughs first pitch into the seats in left field and Hyun Soo Kim singled before Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo homered in succession.Houston answered with a five-run second to go up 6-5. Altuve capped the surge with a two-run double with two outs to chase Wade Miley, who matched the shortest start of his career.You go from really being shell-shocked in the first with the home runs -- to knocking out their starter in the top of the second, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. Its hard to describe, because youre not used to seeing that at this level. But that was quite an outburst for us.Springer said, The key to that game was that second inning.When the Astros finally got done running around the bases, they had a victory to savor.I know that this game is going to create some momentum, Altuve said, and were going to keep winning games.Altuve became the first Astro to have 20 homers and 20 steals in a season since Carlos Beltran in 2004.The Orioles, meanwhile, have 11 home runs in the first two games of this series. 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