The Minnesota Vikings will be starting rookie Christian Ponder at quarterback against the defending champion Green Bay Packers this Sunday. Nice team to start your career against. In hindsight this is probably a move that should have been made against the San Diego Chargers in week 1. Who knew that Donovan McNabb would bounce so many passes to wide open receivers. I really think that Ponder can get passes to the receivers without a bounce. On Sunday, I saw Ponder complete slant passes to receivers in stride. Brett Favre did that a few times in 2009. It was refreshing to see again. In a bleak season, Christian Ponder may provide a spark.
In other quarterback news, the Oakland Raiders got Carson Palmer for a 2012 first rounder and a conditional 2013 second rounder. Without Jason Campbell, a promising Raiders team needed to make a move. This is a good one. Palmer has some experience with coach Hue Jackson so it could be a quick transition. Palmer is a very good quarterback. Despite losing their starting quarterback the Raiders may have just become a better team. The Raiders will be taking a vacation in the next draft. They make their first pick in round 5.
In Vikings stadium news, it looks like governor Mark Dayton is calling a special session to address the stadium financing issue. Threats of the Vikings moving as soon as next year are being tossed about and not by the team. The league is doing it. The people of Minnesota should be very concerned. This is real. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is doing the team and the public no favors in their reporting. They want a stadium, but they want it in Minneapolis. They own the land that would likely be part of a stadium project in the city. That's not reporting. They need to concentrate on reporting the news not manufacturing it.
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