EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Blair Walsh remained outside after the rest of the Minnesota Vikings had finished practicing for the day, booming kick after kick into the amber late-afternoon sky and through the uprights.The well-paid, highly scrutinized job was still his Wednesday and for the foreseeable future, after the Vikings hosted six free agents for a tryout and passed on the opportunity to sign one.Youve got to work hard, which I always do, said Walsh, a reluctant subject in a brief interview with reporters after his extra session was over.Walsh, who missed his NFL-high third extra point of the season and had a field goal blocked in the overtime loss Sunday to Detroit, declined to divulge the specifics of recent conversations with coach Mike Zimmer. Walsh also denied feeling any pressure from the teams consideration of potential replacements.I have to do my job and be dependable for my team, he said. Thats how I look at it.The view expressed by Zimmer was sure brighter than the ominous warning he sounded Monday about Walshs future with the team.I still believe in him, the coach said, after citing winning field goals Walsh made last year on the final snap at Chicago and in overtime against St. Louis.The Vikings also reviewed the history of Green Bay kicker Mason Crosby, who was in danger of losing his place with Minnesotas rival during the 2012 season. He missed 12 field goals for a career-worst 63.6 percent conversion rate that year. In 2013, Crosby posted the best mark of his 10-year career: 89.2 percent.I think we all believe in Blair. We all trust Blair. Obviously, I havent been here as long as some of the guys, but Blair has been a really good kicker for this team for a while, quarterback Sam Bradford said. As long as hes our kicker, we have full faith in him that hes going to go out there and make it. We watch him do it in practice every day, and so Ive got all the confidence in the world that when he steps onto the field hes going to make it.Zimmer, as blunt and hard-nosed as coaches come, was especially critical of the teams first loss at Philadelphia Oct. 23. This week, he has struck an appreciative, contemplative and optimistic tone.With all the stuff that went on the last couple weeks, for them to go out and act like my football team again, finally, I felt it was a good thing, said Zimmer, who didnt watch the kicker workouts Tuesday because he had a second procedure done on his right eye.I told them if I can get six needles stuck in my eye in the last two weeks, then they can suck it up for me, Zimmer said.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Custom Braves Jerseys .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Julio Teheran Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. http://www.custombravesjersey.com/custom-luke-jackson-jersey-large-1227z.html . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Bruce Sutter Jersey . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. John Ryan Murphy Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. TROY, Ala. -- Jordan Chunn ran for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1:02 left, and Troy beat Appalachian State 28-24 on Saturday.Brandon Silvers led the game-winning 85-yard drive, capped by Chunns 11-yard scoring run up the middle, and Taylor Lamb threw two incomplete passes from the Trojans 38 into the end zone to end it.Chunn had 129 yards rushing on 31 carries and Silvers threw a touchdown and ran for another score for the Trojans (8-1, 5-0 Sun Belt), who share the top spot in the conference with Arrkansas State (5-4, 5-0).dddddddddddd Troy hosts the Red Wolves on Thursday.Jalin Moore ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns to lead Appalachian State (7-3, 5-1), which falls a half-game back of Troy and Arkansas State.Silvers ran for a 51-yard scored late in the third quarter to give the Trojans a 21-17 lead. Moore ran in from the 5 and the Mountaineers regained the lead 24-21 with 3:29 left. ' ' '