The Christian Ponder era opens the same way the Donovan McNabb era ended for the Vikings, in a loss, this time 33-27 to the Packers. This loss drops the Vikings to 1-6 on the season. Ponder struggled some but still was good enough to keep the Vikings in the game to the very end against an undefeated defending Super Bowl champions. I certainly saw some things to build around with Ponder, he has nice mobility and seems to have a good grasp of the game. Whether he has the arm to succeed at this level may be up to debate, he seemed to struggle a bit with his accuracy on his deep balls. It was a decent first start, hopefully it will be a learning experience for him and he will grow from it. If not, at least they'll know.
Observations:
-Aaron Rodgers is good (24 of 30 for 335 yards, 3 TD's, O INT's).
-Adrian Peterson had a nice game (24 carries, 175 yards rushing, 1 TD).
-They could have really used Chris Cook, idiot. Antoine Winfield was out of this game also, you don't want to be without 2 of your 3 best CB's against Aaron Rodgers and the deep Packers WR corps. Starting Safety Jamarca Sanford was also out.
-The Vikings could also really use a number 1 WR who can stretch the field.
-Mason Crosby has a nice leg.
-2 more sacks for Jared Allen, he's now up to 11.5 on the season.
-Chris Doleman was added to the Vikings Ring of Honor today. Well deserved.
-The 3rd quarter killed the Vikings, they were outscored 20-0.
-It's looking like the Vikings will be picking high in the next NFL draft, I'm guessing they will be looking heavily at LT's, WR's and DB's.
-Up next is the Panthers (2-5) in Carolina.
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