solbes Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 If we're honest with ourselves, we have one QB who needs to try a different position. And the other may turn into a great QB someday, and he may not. We need to find that out, but unfortunately the next 2 weeks are not that time. I would pencil in Ponder's first start for the Carolina game in late October. He needs to start getting some reps with first team and getting game ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Buck Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Lets toilet/tank the season sandbag and get Luck in the draft, why not, we are not close to winning a title. But of course we have Ponder and we have no clue yet what we have in him. McNabb is a bandaid on a gushing ruptured femoral artery wound. How'd the Lynx go from zero to hero, draft, how'd the Lions finally come alive, the draft. People said McNabb fake an injury what happens when AP goes down and it's the Gerhardt show with McNabb aerial assault, we may get that #1 after all lol, jk, vikes football is a frustration year after year. But I admit it's tough to get the right combination of talent where you need it when you need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan33 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 did someone mention the Vikings letting them down? reminded me of this classic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Lets toilet/tank the season sandbag and get Luck in the draft, why not, we are not close to winning a title. But of course we have Ponder and we have no clue yet what we have in him. McNabb is a bandaid on a gushing ruptured femoral artery wound. How'd the Lynx go from zero to hero, draft, how'd the Lions finally come alive, the draft. People said McNabb fake an injury what happens when AP goes down and it's the Gerhardt show with McNabb aerial assault, we may get that #1 after all lol, jk, vikes football is a frustration year after year. But I admit it's tough to get the right combination of talent where you need it when you need it. yep you gotta hitch your wagon to good players in the draft... if you can't you're gonna be overpaying or getting past-their-prime players all the time through FA, and that is not a recipe for success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippinlip Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Ponder will start the week out of the bye, gives him 2 weeks to work with the starters for some more timing.McFlutterball will back him up and Joe could see some time at offensive skill positions.I know we only have 1 win at this point, but look at all the other bad teams, we DO NOT want to be that bad.Do you think Miami, Arizona or Jacksonville are not talking the same thing with alot less than what we have.Why spend 2 year draft picks on star (or supposedly) quarterbacks 2 years on a row, when we don't know what we have!Only quarterback we will look at next year will be someone that is told you will be an emergency situation player at best.Remember one thing if you jave more than 1 quarterback, you have 0 starting quarterbacks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 i disagree, if you have more than 1 quarterback, you have 1 starter and 1 backup. One would think Luck would start well before PonderIf there is a can't miss player, you should take them, regardless of position. Lions took Fairley even though they had a great trio of DTs already. They took Calvin Johnson even though Millen had drafted WRs 3 times previously in the past couple years in the top 10. You don't pass up elite talent because you had a pick in that position group recently. That is a losing mentality right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepworm Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 The best case scenario would be for ponder to go in and look like an absoute stud, but we somehow lose the rest of our games and get draft position #1. We then trade our draft position for someone else's entire draft and their first rounder next year. Rebuilding would not take very long then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverFish Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 The best case scenario would be for ponder to go in and look like an absoute stud, but we somehow lose the rest of our games and get draft position #1. We then trade our draft position for someone else's entire draft and their first rounder next year. Rebuilding would not take very long then. This is how the Patriots franchise gets their talent. If they don't like the players in their draft spot, they trade out for more picks at a later time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave S Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 You don't pass up elite talent because you had a pick in that position group recently. That is a losing mentality right there A lot of good a QB or WR would do when we need guards, tackles, and CBs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleFloyd Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 The good news is if Mannings neck surgery renders him ineffective and unable to play QB at the NFL level he can always come here for a year or 2 and pad his bank account until the fans figure out he is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 McJunk is benched!They need to cut him.He is complete garbage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott K Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 McJunk is benched!They need to cut him.He is complete garbage! Not saying its a bad idea, but that would make Webb our veteran QB, and we would still need to go out and find a 3rd string, to have 3 qb's on the team. Might as well let him hold the clip board since he is willing to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I just read an interview McNabb did with Pam Oliver. This guy doesn't have a clue, he just can't figure out why he isn't still starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I just read an interview McNabb did with Pam Oliver. This guy doesn't have a clue, he just can't figure out why he isn't still starting. He is not the brightest bulb on the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Remember the game he was playing in that went to OT and he didn't know the OT rules after being in the league 10-something years? Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foss Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 He is not the brightest bulb on the tree. But he is Vikings QB material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 He is not the brightest bulb on the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foss Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Says a lot about the coach who brought him here... Well, I'm ribbing my Vikes friends. I still say it wasn't a bad idea. Were the Vikes going to light up the NFL this season with either McGroundball or Ponder? Not likely. So I totally see why they brought in McAwShucksGrin. Gives Ponder nearly half a season to learn the offense. Well, you guys ARE paying McClipboard a lot of money for standing around the rest of the season, but I still get the move. Kinda of amazing the number of personalities McCletus has. Now, for the (approximately) second half of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRiverRat Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 But he is Vikings QB material. To be Packers RB material you have to break into the dorm room of a sleeping woman and defecate in her closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 At least they'll be getting a new stadium soon. With a retractable roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foss Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 To be Packers RB material you have to break into the dorm room of a sleeping woman and defecate in her closet. I bow to your greater experience with such circumstances, RRR. Clearly, you'd know if anyone would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleFloyd Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 To be Packers RB material you have to break into the dorm room of a sleeping woman and defecate in her closet. That only applies to Full Backs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Quote:The decision to bench Donovan McNabb may have had to do with more than just his play on the field.According to Michael Lombardi of NFL Network, McNabb doesn’t want to put in the time and shows up late for meetings and practice. On NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning, tardiness was mentioned as a reason that Vikings coach Leslie Frazer decided to bench McNabb for Christian Ponder.PFT has asked the Vikings for a response to Lombardi’s report.McNabb also apparently struggled to learn the Vikings’ offense, and that led to him needing a big wristband with the Vikings’ plays on it. Last year, McNabb reportedly refused to wear a wristband with the Redskins’ plays on it, angering coach Mike Shanahan.Lombardi also reports that the Vikings’ veterans noticed McNabb’s lack of commitment, which is why most of the locker room agreed with Frazier’s decision to replace McNabb with Ponder. All in all, it sounds like there aren’t many people left in the NFL who view McNabb as someone who can lead a franchise. Now the Vikings will have to hope that Ponder can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHINGURU Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 You don't get the name McFlabb for nothin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizrunner Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 So when does Kluwe get his number back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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