The Packers were unhappy with the roughing the passer penalty that linebacker Clay Matthews picked up for a hit on Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder Sunday. So they’ll be happy to know that Matthews wasn’t fined. The league office confirmed to PFT that Matthews did not get fined this week. Although the NFL didn’t actually come…
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October 27, 2011
The Vikings have one win. That would be great if the season was only a week old. But unless your memory is as unreliable as the Vikings' secondary, you know they have played seven games and have just that one win and six losses.
If you do the math, you'll realize the Vikings would have to win eight of their final nine games to finish with a winning record. Chaz Bono has...
Christian Ponder and Cam Newton were both working hard in Florida when they didn’t have to, and that prep time put them ahead of schedule for early success. Now their teams face each other, the first time in Vikings history where two rookie quarterbacks will start.
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October 29, 2011
Two 1st round draft picks square off this Sunday when the Vikings head to Carolina to take on the Panthers. Both Christian Ponder and Cam Newton entered this season with plenty of people(yours truly included) questioning their value as a high draft pick. Well Newton seems to be the real deal, and Ponder, while a small sample size, has looked really good. Both players...
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October 29, 2011
A week eight game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers, two teams with a combined three wins, would seem to lack a bit of excitement. Not this time.
Two players change the outlook of Sundays game at Carolina rookie quarterbacks Christian Ponder and Cam Newton.Newton was the top-overall pick in Aprils draft and an immediate starter for the Panthers. Ponder was...
The Vikings have been playing in the NFL for more than 51 years, but Sunday’s game will mark a first for them when Christian Ponder and Cam Newton start on opposing teams.
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October 29, 2011
After talking with former NFL quarterback and current IMG Madden Football Academy Director Chris Weinke about his work with Cam Newton (here and here), we also discussed the finishing work Weinke did with ex-Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder, who impressed in his first NFL start against the Green Bay Packers last Sunday. With Newton's Panthers and Ponder's Vikings...
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October 26, 2011
The play of Cam Newton is providing a bright outlook for the
Panthers. The Vikings hope for the same from Christian Ponder. The rookies square off Sunday.
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October 29, 2011
The Minnesota Vikings made the switch to rookie quarterback Christian Ponder last week, and he started his first NFL game against the Green Bay Packers. Ponder took over for Donovan McNabb in the middle of the Vikings' game a week. On the season, McNabb completed 60% of his passes, threw for 1,026 yards, 4 touchdowns, and two interceptions in his six starts. In that stretch,...
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October 26, 2011
Is Frazier doing all the right things as head coach?Olof:Leslie Frazier is absolutely doing a great job for the Vikings. He knew the time was right to end the McNabb era and give Christian Ponder his chance. And look how Ponder responded! He almost beat those durn Packers. He also made the right call getting rid of Bernard Berrian. That man was becoming a huge distraction. You can’t...
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October 28, 2011
This is going to be an exciting game between two impressive rookie QBs in Cam Newton of the Panthers and Christian Ponder of the Vikings. The Panthers are 2-2 at home and they gave the Packers and Saints good fights in the losses. The Vikings are 0-3 on the road where they have been outscored 85-44, but the Vikings had Donovan McNabb under center for those game. Here is a look...
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October 29, 2011
By JEFF BARTL,
STATS WriterThe Carolina Panthers aren't having an ideal season, but the play of Cam Newton is providing a bright outlook for the future.
The Minnesota Vikings hope to have the same feeling now that they've turned to Christian Ponder.
The rookies square off when Carolina hosts Minnesota on Sunday.
Newton, the No. 1 overall pick and Heisman Trophy winner...
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