preseason games thread - 2013

[The J Rocka]

Can't feel good about how things have gone so far. I'm worried.

I thought our D looked solid early on. Ponder and the questionable play calling hasn't changed. Two important aspects in our team's success moving forward with hope for a deep playoff/superbowl run. I'm not feeling very confident either.

[pjnugget]

I'm not convinced Ponder has even looked average. Much of what he did in San Fran was against backup and 3rd stringers, how is that going to impress anyone. I hope he is better in the regular season. If not, they have to give Cassell a shot!

[hermes]

i didn't see or hear the game, anyone have any thoughts about some position battles?

[hermes]

I'm not convinced Ponder has even looked average. Much of what he did in San Fran was against backup and 3rd stringers, how is that going to impress anyone. I hope he is better in the regular season. If not, they have to give Cassell a shot!

this probably isn't what anyone wants to hear but i think they are going to give ponder as much chance as they can to prove himself

i think the only way he is pulled is if he is tremendously abysmal for an extended time with no hope for a turn around

the thing is that if he's bad enough and the team isn't going anywhere - what is the reason for switching qbs? might as well let him finish it out

[The J Rocka]

i didn't see or hear the game, anyone have any thoughts about some position battles?

Sherels vs Felder should be interesting. I think Felder should make the team but Sherels played an inspiring game last night. Should be interesting.

I think Webb ends up staying but S. Burton has been fighting.

I really liked what I saw out of Banyard. He easily beats out Asiata.

[The J Rocka]

I'm not convinced Ponder has even looked average. Much of what he did in San Fran was against backup and 3rd stringers, how is that going to impress anyone. I hope he is better in the regular season. If not, they have to give Cassell a shot!

this probably isn't what anyone wants to hear but i think they are going to give ponder as much chance as they can to prove himself

i think the only way he is pulled is if he is tremendously abysmal for an extended time with no hope for a turn around

the thing is that if he's bad enough and the team isn't going anywhere - what is the reason for switching qbs? might as well let him finish it out

This will be make or break season for Ponder. To me, he looks like a backup when I watch him play. If his performance early is poor 4-5 games in, Cassel will takeover.

I'll be crossing my fingers that we'll make a trade for a QB like Philip Rivers in the next year, which the Chargers might look to move if they want to go in a different direction.

[Worm Guts]

i didn't see or hear the game, anyone have any thoughts about some position battles?

Sherels vs Felder should be interesting. I think Felder should make the team but Sherels played an inspiring game last night. Should be interesting.

I think Webb ends up staying but S. Burton has been fighting.

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If Webb has to beat out Burton to stay, he might be in trouble. Burton is the clearly more polished receiver.

[The J Rocka]

i didn't see or hear the game, anyone have any thoughts about some position battles?

Sherels vs Felder should be interesting. I think Felder should make the team but Sherels played an inspiring game last night. Should be interesting.

I think Webb ends up staying but S. Burton has been fighting.

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If Webb has to beat out Burton to stay, he might be in trouble. Burton is the clearly more polished receiver.

I guess I missed it (was gone for part of 2nd half) but Spielman supposedly said that they'll keep 6 WRs. I agree I like what I've seen out of Burton more so than Webb but I figured our staff would find some way to keep him on the roster.

[hermes]

sounds like webb has shown some things on special teams, which is good considering the 5th/6th wr will probably need to do something else as well

[The J Rocka]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/373925440752078848[/tweet]

TE Colin Anderson, RB Joe Banyard, S Brandan Bishop, OL Travis Bond, CB Brandon Burton, WR Stephen Burton, DT Everett Dawkins, S Darius Eubanks, CB Bobby Felder, TE Chase Ford, OL Brandon Keith, DT Anthony McCloud, LB Tyrone McKenzie, OL Kevin Murphy, DT Spencer Nealy, DE D’Aundre Reed, WR Rodney Smith, WR Adam Thielen, DE Collins Ukwu.

http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/V ... 4456d5ba13

[hermes]

Placed OG Seth Olsen on injured reserve. Placed FB Jerome Felton and OG Demarcus Love on suspended list. Placed WR Greg Childs on physically-unable-to-perform list. Placed DT Christian Ballard on reserve/left squad list.

[hermes]

too bad about banyard, burton and felder

[Twolf16]

sounds like webb has shown some things on special teams, which is good considering the 5th/6th wr will probably need to do something else as well

That's what you would think but my father went to the game on Thursday and said on special teams he was slow and showed no effort, and when running his WR routes he was lackluster when the ball wasn't coming his way.