MINNEAPOLIS -- One game was difficult enough for Mike Zimmer to miss. Eric Staal Hurricanes Jersey .He sure didnt want to sit out longer than that, even after major eye surgery.The hard-driving head coach has returned to work with the Minnesota Vikings, who announced on Monday that Zimmer is expected to travel with the team this weekend to Jacksonville.Thats a three-hour flight, a little bit more than a week after Zimmer had an emergency operation to repair a detached retina, but the Vikings (6-6) wouldnt have proactively declared him fit for the job again if there were still uncertainty about his status for the game on Sunday against the Jaguars (2-10).The matchup with a team with the third-worst record in the NFL has taken on an extra measure of significance, given the freefall Minnesota has experienced since a league-leading 5-0 start. The Vikings have dropped in the NFC North two games behind Detroit, which owns the division tiebreaker with a season sweep, and theyre on the outside of the race for two wild card spots. The 17-15 loss to Dallas on Thursday, with special teams coordinator Mike Priefer running the team in Zimmers absence, was their sixth in the last seven games.Vikings players had four days off after their second consecutive Thursday game and will reconvene for practice on Tuesday. Zimmers first news conference upon his return is scheduled for Wednesday. Zimmer had two surgeries on his right eye about a month ago, but his recovery was sidetracked last Wednesday when he developed vision trouble during practice and was sent for surgery that night. He had a fourth procedure on Friday, according to an ESPN report.Befitting his classic old-school personality, whose late father was a longtime high school football coach in the Chicago area, Zimmer was spending longer days than usual on the job last month, often arriving at work around 4:15 a.m. if he didnt sleep in the office the night before in an attempt to help the Vikings stop their slide.General manager Rick Spielman said Zimmers setback was unrelated to his unrelenting dedication to the job after the problem first surfaced in late October. Spielman, though, said he spoke with Zimmer last week about keeping perspective when the prospect of him missing a game surfaced.We had some pretty significant talks, one-on-one, heart-to-heart, on what is important in life and what isnt, Spielman said. I think after we met, I expressed to him specifically, that potentially going blind in one eye is not worth one game in the NFL. We have to look out for your long-term health.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Joakim Nordstrom Hurricanes Jersey . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. James Wisniewski Jersey . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.hockeyhurricanes.com/eddie-lack-hockey-jersey/ . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Matt Moores first game as Ryan Tannehills replacement was the best of his career.The nine-year veteran stepped in Saturday night by throwing for four touchdowns in keeping the Miami Dolphins playoff hopes very much alive with a 34-13 rout of the New York Jets.In his first start since Jan. 1, 2012 -- a Dolphins victory over the Jets, with current New York coach Todd Bowles serving as interim Miami coach -- Moore picked apart the mistake-prone hosts.He hit Dion Sims for a pair of 1-yard TDs and Kenny Stills for 52 and Jarvis Landry for 66 in Miamis eighth win in its last night games. The Dolphins (9-5) clinched their first winning season since 2008, the last time they won the AFC East.Should Moore (12 for 18 for 236 yards) continue such strong play, they certainly can be optimistic about playing in the postseason.There were some nerves and maybe it showed a little early, said Moore, whose wife gave birth to son Wyatt Monday. We started slow, but got in the groove in the middle part. Once we got going, that negative stuff wore offf and I got on a roll. Credit these guys for getting us going and making plays. Once those guys got the ball in their hands, it was impressive.The Jets (4-10) have lost as many games as they won in 2015, Bowles first season in charge. They also lost second-year quarterback Bryce Petty on the first play of the fourth quarter after he was squashed by Ndamukong Suh and Cameron Wake and injured his chest.For good measure, the Dolphins threw in an 11-yard blocked punt return touchdown by Walt Aiken.The defense did a great job with turnovers, just causing problems, coach Adam Gase said. The pressure was relentless. And Walt is a guy making a huge impact on special teams, just now its resulting in points.The game was competitive for a half. For once, the Jets started quickly. They were awful in the first half of their last two outings, but Petty immediately guided them 75 yards in seven plays for a 7-0 lead. Robby Anderson, coming on at receiver late in the year, badly beat Bacarri Rambo on a crossing pattern and sped into the end zone.It took a replay challenge by Gase to get an incompletion overturned into Sims first 1-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter -- Moores first TD throw since Week 8 of 2012, also against the Jets. Jaccob Slavin Jersey. Andrew Franks extra point kick hit the left upright, his first miss this season.Eighth-year defensive end Wakes first career interception on an awful throw by Petty thwarted another New York threat in the opening half. And the Dolphins stopped Bilal Powell on a fourth-and-1 run near midfield.He has that knack of timing, Gase said about Wake. He knows there are moments that can swing a game.Those plays set up Moores perfect pass to Stills behind rookie cornerback Justin Burris for a 13-7 lead.Powell had a big first half with 113 yards total offense. But it only helped get 10 points; Nick Folk made a 48-yard field goal with 18 seconds left. Powell gained only 36 yards in the second half.The Dolphins were outgained by 225 yards to 129, yet went to the locker room ahead 13-10.From there, it was all Miami, getting Aikens and Landrys scores and Sims second TD.Oh, they were prepared, but when we play like that, it all falls on me, Jets coach Todd Bowles said. It starts at the top. Ive got to do a better job, and theyve got to do a better job. But it starts with me.BLOCK THAT PUNTAikens short return of the blocked punt was the Dolphins first touchdown on such a play since Jimmy Wilson did it at MetLife Stadium against the Jets in that same game in October 2012.THOUSANDS UPONS THOUSANDSDolphins receiver Jarvis Landry went over 1,000 yards for the second time in his three-year career. Landry made three catches for 108 yards and now has 1,031.Miami running back Jay Ajayi rushed for only 51 yards, but that was enough to boost the second-year player to 1,007.ROCKIN ROBBYAnderson became the first Jets receiver with two 40- yard touchdowns in a season since Braylon Edwards in 2010. 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