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PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley is staying in those red pinstripes. Utley and the Phillies agreed to a contract that could keep the five-time All-Star second baseman in Philadelphia through at least the 2015 season, two people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract hasnt been finalized. The deal reportedly is worth around $27 million over two seasons with multiple vesting options. Utley has battled knee injuries in the past, but that hasnt been a problem this year. He missed a month with an oblique injury. "Wed like to keep the man in our pinstripes," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said last week. Utley declined to specifically talk about the extension following the Phillies 5-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday night. "I love Philadelphia," he said. "Ive always envisioned playing here. Ive never envisioned playing anywhere else." Utley, who turns 35 on Dec. 17, wouldve been a free agent after the season. Hes in the last year of an $85 million contract signed in January 2007. Utley wasnt in the starting lineup against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, but drove in the tying run with a pinch single in the seventh inning. Utley then knocked over catcher Dioner Navarro in a violent collision trying to score from second base on a single. Navarro held onto the ball and Utley was out. Navarro was carted off the field with a left leg injury. Utley was hitting .277 with 15 homers and 43 RBIs in 84 games. He hasnt played more than 115 games in a season since 2009 because of chronic knee problems. Between 2005-09, Utley averaged .301, 29 homers and 101 RBIs. He hasnt hit more than 16 homers or driven in more than 65 runs since 2010. Still, retaining Utley was a priority for Amaro. The gritty, hard-nosed Utley is one of the all-time fan favourites in Philadelphia, revered by fans who love tough players. 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Self-inflicted wounds.Every coach on every football team uses that term at some point, and what hes referring to is handing presents to the opposition.Turnovers.There were 40 of them (counting a blocked punt at Arizona) in Sundays 13 games. The ugliest display of butterfingers, sloppiness or bad luck came in Philadelphia, where two of the better teams in the early going, Minnesota and Philadelphia, combined for eight turnovers . Yep, the previously unbeaten Vikings, who had one giveaway all season, committed four. The Eagles had lost the ball twice in five games, and they also had four.Good defense? At times. More often in this one, it was bad offense.I thought we played embarrassing really is the word, in at least two of the phases, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said after a 21-10 defeat. We turned the ball over offensively, we didnt block people, we dropped balls, we got the quarterback hit. We got third-and-2 inches and we cant convert; on third down or fourth down. We had three shots in the red zone in the first half, we throw an interception. We gave up a 98-yard kickoff return. We fumbled a punt.So if youre going to do those things, you have no chance to win.Even though the Eagles gave the Vikings plenty of opportunities by losing two fumbles and throwing two interceptions. And their rookie quarterback knew enough to term that a no-no.Youre going to make mistakes, those things are going to happen, Carson Wentz said. We have to clean some things up. I think we had four turnovers today. Thats never good. You usually dont win too many games when you do that, but our defense played unbelievable and kept us in the ballgame.That it did -- helped greatly by some ineptitude by Minnesotas offense.Even worse was what the Rams brought to London. English fans are getting more sophisticated about the American brand of football, so they should have recognized the crudity Case Keenum and the Rams showed.Yes, the Giants finally found a pass rush, something they spentt a whole lot of money for.dddddddddddd That pressure forced some terrible blocking, leading to most of New Yorks four interceptions -- two each by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Landon Collins , who ran one back for a touchdown.The Giants won 17-10, and L.A.s self-inflicted wounds were the difference.Its a momentum changer, Collins said of pickoffs. When you get an interception, it takes a lot out of the defense on the other side of the field, and takes a lot out of that offense because thats where the trust issues come in.Fans can trust that when the weather gets ugly, as it will deeper into the season, turnovers could become even more common. Its nearly always a guarantee that teams leading the turnover differential (its not a ratio if it involves plus and minus, broadcast folks) at the end of the schedule are also in the playoffs, often in the Super Bowl.Remember that this was a relatively mild Sunday in October on which there were three games played indoors, too. Folks who like to see gifts and giveaways can look to, appropriately, the day before Christmas, with contests at Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Green Bay, and New England. Plus a night game two days earlier in Philadelphia, and late-afternoon or night contests in Pittsburgh and Kansas City on Christmas itself.Ravens coach John Harbaugh certainly isnt thinking that far ahead. His team has dropped four straight, and the Ravens had three giveaways Sunday. They head into their bye with turnovers on their mind.The focus is going to be learning how to play winning football, its as simple as that, Harbaugh said. All the things that go into that -- playing with discipline, intelligence, fundamentally sound football, and getting better at the things we need to get better at.It starts with not being charitable.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '