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Found December 14, 2011 on Digital Sports Daily: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Leslie Frazier,  Adrian Peterson,  Christian Ponder,  Zygi Wilf
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings,  Detroit Lions

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The Vikings at 2-11 won’t give up on head coach Leslie Frazier who has a 5-14 record on the job. The Vikings at this point are an aging team which needs to place talent around veteran running back Adrian Peterson and rookie quarterback Christian Ponder. Ponder has struggled this season at times. During Sunday’s loss to the Detroit Lions he was benched with eight minutes left in the third quarter because of his inconsistent play. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: In a story published Dec. 5, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Frazier will “definitely” return next season. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier has been assured he will return next season, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Pioneer Press. Despite a 5-14 record as head coach dating to his interim stint at the end of the 2010 season, Frazier is expected to enter the second year of his three-year contract with the arduous task of rebuilding the Vikings, who, at 2...
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