MINNEAPOLIS(AP) — The Minnesota Vikings trailed Cleveland by three points with 3:05 left in London to salvage an arduous road trip , with this season of high expectations at an unexpectedly early crossroad.

The circumstances were hardly ideal.

After beginning the game with three starting offensive linemen out — left guard Donovan Jackson, center Ryan Kelly and right tackle Brian O'Neill — their best blocker of all was sidelined down the stretch when left tackle Christian Darrisaw bowed out for the afternoon as a precaution with soreness in his surgically repaired knee.

Jackson's replacement was an undrafted rookie, Joe Huber, because Blake Brandel had to play center for the first time in his career in relief of Kelly's injured backup, Michael Jurgens. After Justin Skule switched fro

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