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LANDOVER, Md. -- As if things were not already bad enough for the Minnesota Vikings, what with a four-game losing streak and a depleted offensive line, there sat Jake Long in front of a locker, head bowed, a pair of crutches by his side.Backup Jeremiah Sirles, seated to Longs left, reached out and put a hand on his teammates shoulder, trying to comfort him.Long -- signed last month after the Vikings put two tackles on injured reserve -- was carted off the field after hurting his Achilles tendon on Minnesotas final drive of a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins on Sunday, dropping a team that started 5-0 to 5-4 and making its present and future even bleaker.Well get back to the drawing board tomorrow, Sirles said about what will happen to the offensive line now that Long is expected to miss the rest of the season, and see what the plan is going forward.Of immediate concern, in addition to how to replace Long after already having to account for injuries to left tackle Matt Kalil and right tackle Andre Smith, is next weeks game against the visiting Arizona Cardinals.Got a lot of things weve got to clean up, a lot of things weve got to get better at, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. Everybodys frustrated right now. So Id be disappointed if they werent frustrated.The Redskins (5-3-1), meanwhile, get to enjoy this back-and-forth victory -- Washington led 14-0 a minute into the second quarter, trailed 20-14 at halftime, then scored the final 12 points -- before facing yet another team whose season is spiraling out of control: They host the Green Bay Packers (4-5 after losing four of their past five games) next Sunday night.Here is what else to know about Washington and Minnesota:FAT ROBUndrafted rookie Robert Kelley is not letting go of the Redskins starting running back job. He climbed the depth chart in part because former starter Matt Jones had trouble holding onto the football, and Kelley -- nickname: Fat Rob -- heads into next week as the unquestioned No. 1 back. Kelley had 97 yards on 22 carries against Minnesota and hasnt fumbled in the NFL, while third-down back Chris Thompson put the ball on the ground Sunday. Kelley watched the film of his first start, Oct. 30 against Cincinnati, saw cuts he missed and improved. I tried to make sure I didnt make the same mistakes this game, Kelley said. It worked out.SHORT YARDAGEThe Vikings cant believe how much trouble they have in short-yardage situations and will prepare for Arizona knowing they failed to convert twice on third-and-1 against Washington. Weve just got to do better. We went with big people. We went with small people. Didnt get either one. Thats where our toughness needs to take over, tight end Kyle Rudolph said. We cant seem to get that 1 yard.RAZORS EDGESeven of the Redskins nine games this season were decided by one score; theyre 4-2-1 in those. Players said its a sign of resiliency; they wouldnt mind a blowout moving forward, though. If were really going to be a good team, defensive end Chris Baker said, weve got to stick our foot on (an opponents) throat from the beginning of the game until after the game.NO BALANCEIf Minnesota is going to turn its season back around, one key could be figuring out how to run the ball more -- and run it better. Not having Peterson is a big deal, of course, but check out these numbers against the Redskins: 21 carries for 47 yards, a 2.2 average. Sam Bradford threw the ball nearly twice as many times (40) as he handed it off. Its been tough the past couple weeks, but were going to stay committed to it. I know that we believe in the run game, Bradford said. I still believe were best when were balanced.RED-ZONE STUMBLESThe Redskins offense settled for three field goals in four trips to the red zone against Minnesota -- part of Washingtons season-long struggles when it gets close to the end zone. 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The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. ?BAGNèRES-DE-LUCHON, France - When it came to Chris Froome unleashing the stage-winning move that would catch all his rivals out in this years Tour de France, the Kenyan-born Briton drew on the most basic instinct: his childhood love of cycling.After the two-time Tour winner won the 184km eighth stage from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon to take the yellow leaders jersey, he was asked if his aerodynamic position when descending the Col de Peyresourde to victory following his surprise attack near the summit was a marginal gain, like what his British Sky team often speak of when talking up their recipe success. Froome looked slightly bemused before saying: Not sure I call that a marginal gain ... Yeah ... call it what you want. I felt like a kid again out there. Just race my bike as fast as I could.That instinct paid dividends. Froome beat Irishman Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and 12 others by 13 seconds. In the group with Martin were other overall contenders, like Frenchman Romain Bardet (Ag2r) in fourth, Italian Fabio Aru (Astana) in sixth, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in eighth, Australian Richie Porte (BMC) in 10th, Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) in 11th and American Tejay van Garderen (BMC) in 12th.Also in the group was Briton Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) in seventh. Yates kept the white jersey of best young rider and will go into Sundays ninth stage, 184.5km from Vielha Val DAran to Andorra-Arcalis, still in second place, but at 16 seconds to Froome. In third at the same time as Yates is Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), who was third on the stage.Apart from Bardet, French hopes took a battering with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale) losing time; but the highest-profile rider who had a torrid days racing in 36-degree Celsius (about 97-degrees Fahrenheit) heat was Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), 17th at 1:41 and now 20th overall at 3:12.Froomes sense of joy for winning the Pyrenean stage like he did even withstood the possibility of it turning to frustration when asked if it was refreshing that his performance was not linked to questions on controversial issues like motorised doping or physiological data.I have no doubt that people out there have calculated my VAM [the Italian term Velocità Ascensionale Media meaning average ascent speed] going down that climb and saying it has gone off the charts, said Froome, who has faced numerous questions on the legitimacy of his 2013 and 2015 Tour wins. I cant be happier to be back in yellow again. I have never won a stage like that. I really felt I was taking the race on and enjoying it.Froomes win in this second of three stages in the Pyrénées leeft many who witnessed it agog - not for the fact he won, but that he did so by attacking on the descent when most would have expected him to assert himself on one of the summit finishes.ddddddddddddMany suspect the move, made so close to the top of the Col de Peyresourde summit with 18km to go, must have been planned during a training camps. But other than admit he often raced for fun with teammates during those camps, Froome said his attack was spontaneous. But Froomes Sky Team principal, Sir David Brailsford, still left many wondering by saying that intent was to try to agitate the situation and see where we go from there.Froome, who rode with a 54-tooth big chain ring (which indicates he had something planned) certainly put in. My teammates just buried themselves today, from start to finish. He added that the stage was still one of the hardest he had raced in a long time.Froome tried to get away on the Peyresourde, but his rivals quickly closed his move down. So I gave it one more go on the top of the ascent, Froome said. I am glad I took that risk. I didnt take a massive gap, but I am in yellow again and that is a massive surprise.Froome denied his move to win on a descent means he has focused on descending this year.Not necessarily. We are focused more on the mountaintop finishes, Froome said. It was a spur of the moment reaction going over the top. Looking ahead we did have some really hard mountain top finishes to come. I imagine they will be a lot more selective than today.Quintana, sixth overall at 23 seconds and runner-up to Froome in 2013 and 2015, said he was still caught out by Froome.I was reaching over for a water bottle to refresh myself, and Froome took advantage of this moment to attack, Quintana said. He went down, got away from us, and took some seconds on all of us. I hope its not decisive. I thought we could catch him on the descent, and Alejandro [Valverde], but it wasnt enough. Today was harder than we expected. On the last part, I let my guard down.Van Garderen, eighth overall and also at 23 seconds to Froome, concurred with Quintana.It started out with Sky just making their usual tempo, van Garderen said. I think Valverde was the one that started opening up the attacks. ... It looked like it was all together over the top, but then Froome put in one last sneak attack right at the top there and I was thinking, Oh well. Its a long way to go downhill. If we roll ... thats kind of a bold move.But you never underestimate Froome. You give him an inch ... hell take a mile. ' ' '