Vikings 10, Bears 28

The Vikings fall to the Bears 28-10 in Chicago today.  The Vikings fall to 6-5 on the season.  There's lots of blame to spread around on this one, 2 fumbles by AP, lots of missed tackles, lack of a pass rush, mental errors, lots of dropped passes, but once again the Vikings biggest problem was the play of their QB.  QB is the most important position on any team, everything stems from the play of the QB, poor QB play will not only kill you on offense but it will also adversely impact the defense, time of possession and poor field position cannot be underestimated.  Christian Ponder is just not cutting it at this point, I'm not seeing the progression out of him that is needed.  One of the main selling points on Ponder coming out of Florida St was that he's a incredible intelligent guy, that his smarts would compensate for some of his shortcomings in size and arm strength, we were told that he'd pick up the playbook in short order and that his ability to read defenses would be top notch.  That assessment couldn't be more wrong to this point, he looks lost out there, he holds onto the ball too long, he doesn't scan the field enough, he'll often have open receivers he doesn't even see, he's too quick to dump it off to his checkdown receiver or tuck it in and run with it.  At this point, I'd rather see Joe Webb out there.  

Observations:

• Can we stop with all the Christian Ponder is better without Percy Harvin talk now? 
• Time of possession:  Bears 37:30, Vikings 22:30.  
• Hold onto the ball Adrian Peterson.  2 fumbles is not acceptable.  
• The Vikings are 1-4 on the road this year.
• I'm still not sold on Leslie Frazier as a head coach.  
• Jared Allen is nowhere near the player he was last year. 
• Jerome Simpson has been a big disappointment this year.  
• Why hasn't the Vikings front office gotten Ponder help at the WR position?  
• I am so sick of the Cover-2 defense, there's a reason so few teams still use it. 
• Up next? @ Green Bay to take on the Packers.