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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Minnesotas Xavier Rhodes and Jacksonvilles Jalen Ramsey were nearly college teammates at Florida State. They would have made a formidable combination.Rhodes and Ramsey have since emerged as two of the best young cornerbacks in the NFL, lock-down defenders in a league that puts a premium on slowing down high-powered passing games.Theyll be on the same field for the first time Sunday when the Jaguars (2-10), who have lost seven in a row, host the Vikings (6-6), who have dropped six of seven following a 5-0 start. Because both offenses have been mostly unwatchable this season, the defenses have been forced to carry the load.Rhodes and Ramsey certainly have done their part.As far as willingness to get physical, willingness to tackle, wanting to travel with No. 1 receivers each week, competitiveness, trying to lead by example and things like that, I see similarities between us, said Ramsey, who enrolled at FSU about six months after Rhodes left school early for the NFL draft.A fourth-year pro, Rhodes has four interceptions and 11 passes defended this season. He was at his best against Arizonas Carson Palmer three weeks ago, when he intercepted two passes and returned one 100 yards for a touchdown that turned out to be the difference.The 6-foot-2 Rhodes surely will be matched against former Pro Bowler Allen Robinson, who is looking to return to form after three consecutive disappointing outings.I think his recall is his biggest thing, said Vikings coach Mike Zimmer, who is expected to return Sunday after missing last weeks game following eye surgery. Sometimes a year ago, every day was a new day. And this year, he gets back to doing things correctly all the time.The Jaguars can say the same about the 6-foot-2 Ramsey, the fifth overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft. Although Ramsey is still looking for his first pick, hes made an impact in every game.According to Pro Football Focus, Ramsey has held receivers to 50 yards or less in eight of 12 games. Hes been tasked with shadowing five No. 1 receivers -- Baltimores Steve Smith, Indianapolis T.Y. Hilton, Chicagos Alshon Jeffery, Oaklands Amari Cooper and Houstons DeAndre Hopkins -- and only Hilton topped 75 yards.Ramsey will get another test Sunday against Stefon Diggs, who has 75 receptions for 805 yards and two touchdowns. Ramsey and Diggs (Maryland) squared off once in college, a 63-0 victory for the Seminoles in 2013.I like his game, respect his game a lot, Ramsey said. Always have, even in college when I got to play him a time or two. I think hes very dynamic, lines up in different places for them. He gets a lot of targets each game, so that tells me a lot about how the coaches feel about him and how his quarterback feels about him. Im looking forward to it, of course.Here are some other things to know about the Vikings and Jaguars:HONORING SMITH: Jacksonvilles all-time leading receiver, Jimmy Smith, will be inducted into the franchises ring of honor at halftime. Its also the teams annual alumni weekend, and more than 60 former players will be on hand for Smiths ceremony. Smith will join offensive tackle Tony Boselli (2006), former owners Wayne and Delores Weaver (2012), running back Fred Taylor (2012) and quarterback Mark Brunell (2013) in the Pride of the Jaguars. The 47-year-old Smith, whose life has been defined as much by drug addiction as football production, caught 862 passes for 12,287 yards and 67 touchdowns in 12 seasons.PLAYOFF PICTURE: The Vikings are two games behind Detroit in the NFC North and would lose a tiebreaker to the Lions, who swept the season series. Minnesotas 4-6 record in NFC games also would hurt in wild-card scenarios, and another loss would be devastating. Weve got ourselves in a pickle now, and if you want to go to the playoffs, youre going to have to win out, guard Alex Boone said. Youre going to need help from some other teams, which I hate doing because I feel like the more you count on other teams to kind of help you, the more they want to screw you.VIKINGS FAN: Jaguars coach Gus Bradley grew up in Minnesota as a huge Vikings fan. His favorite player? Running back Chuck Foreman. At that time, they were really successful, Bradley said. You rallied around them. That part of it is still there. My family is still all back there. When theyre not rooting for us, they are Vikings fans.MAVERICKS MEET: Vikings receiver Adam Thielen and Jaguars guard Chris Reed were teammates at Minnesota State in Mankato, where the Vikings hold training camp. Theyre the only two current NFL players from the NCAA Division II school. Thielen was a senior and Reed a sophomore on the Mavericks team that lost in the 2012 national semifinals.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Air Max Baratas España . 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After blowing out then-No. 2 Florida State 63-20 last week, the third-ranked Louisville Cardinals suddenly finds themselves not only in the hunt for an Atlantic Coast Conference title, but are also being looked at as a strong national championship contender as they travel to Huntington, W. Va., to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday night.The Cardinals (3-0), who opened last spring with 100-to-1 odds to win the national title, are all the way down to 5-to-1 after last weekends nationally televised smack-down of the Seminoles. And quarterback Lamar Jackson, not exactly a household name a few weeks ago, adorns this weeks cover of Sports Illustrated and is leading a number of Heisman Trophy polls.But as coach Bobby Petrino made clear to his team in the following days, its time to move on and focus on the rest of the schedule, beginning with Saturdays road trip to Marshall.We did a great job and it was a great win for us, but we havent reached our goals, Petrino said. Were only three games into the season and we have to get back to work.That focus isnt going to be easy. The Cardinals handed the vaunted Seminoles one of the most lopsided losses it its history. Dalvin Cook was held to 54 yards on the ground, while Deonte Francious was sacked five times and threw for just 101 yards.Our plan going in was to set the edge and get guys playing gaps ... dont give guys many seams, Petrino said. For the most part, we did a great job with that, and that put them behind the sticks.Im going to tell you what my team told me, Jackson said. They were like, we arent taking our foot off the gas. You know that goes for anybody we are playing -- trying to score every time we get the ball.Jackson is putting up video game like numbers so far this season. He has 10 rushing touchdowns through three games, including four each in the victories over Syracuse and Florida State. Hes averaging 9.5 yards per carry. Oh, and hes also a dangerous pocket passer, as his 411 yards against Syracuse two weeks ago can attest.dddddddddddd Hes also third in the country in yards per pass attempt at 11.1.Its hardly a one-man show, however. Running back Brandon Radcliff had another 100-yard game against Florida State, with 118 yards and a touchdown. Hes averaging 11.4 yards per carry in 2016, and his 22 career rushing touchdowns are ninth all-time at Louisville. And wide receiver James Quick had seven catches for 122 yards against the Seminoles and now has five career 100-yard receiving games, one of only 12 wide receivers to hit that mark in program history.Marshall enters the week 1-1 after a 65-38 loss to Akron at home last week. Quarterback Chase Litton threw for 413 yards and four touchdowns in the setback.Just know, this Marshall team is not done, Litton promised on the way out of the post-game press conference.The Herd surrendered 379 passing yards, including seven completions of 20 or more yards, had four turnovers and also had a punt blocked. That should bode well for a Louisville offense thats excelled at creating big plays, both on the ground and through the air.Still, Petrino expects the road crowd to be ready to do its best to sway the game in Marshalls favor, remembering his last trip to the university.It was in the second round of the (1987) I-AA playoffs, when I was coaching for Weber State, Petrino said. They were cranked up and ready to go. I remember getting off the bus, and all these people running up to the fence and started yelling at us. So I imagine itll be a pretty good atmosphere. I think its great. Its what we like to do.The Thundering Herd defeated the Cardinals 17-13 in the last meeting between the two schools in 2011 -- the first career start for current Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Louisville has dropped the last four meetings with the Thundering Herd and is looking for its first win in the series since a 36-0 victory in 1981. ' ' '