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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
Ponder actually is pretty incredible on his feet. He's not a burner like Kaepernick or anything but he's really smart about when he runs and has great vision and awareness in that regard. As a passer though, I've seen more than enough. He makes so many mistakes for a guy who's seen as a game-manager and he's very sub-par on short routes. I feel more secure with him at the helm than a guy like Freeman, but we're not really going to win anything with him as our QB. I'm shocked that any Vikigns fan could be comfortable going forward with him as the starting QB, to be honest.
As for the game against Washington, RG3 is starting to look more like himself and this team has had a ridiculous amount of trouble with mobile QBs, even when they were a solid unit. This defense will probably be in for a world of hurt on Thursday with the way they've played this year.
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He really didn't make many mistakes yesterday though, or against Green Bay. He looked so much better running the offense last week that I can't even consider the previous performances the same way. This is a completely different look that completely changes my opinion on him, and I'm shocked that so few Vikings fans saw that. Hell, that's all anyone was talking about yesterday was how much better he looked when he was allowed to call the shots on offense.
I'm not content with him just yet, but how can you see that and not be impressed? Maybe you didn't notice, but I think the last time I've seen a Viking call an audible that early in the game was when Brett Favre was QB. He's only 25, and like I said about the talent evaluators, I'll take Spielman's opinion, Frazier's opinion and Bobby Bowden's opinion over any fan's opinion any day. No offense.
Maybe RG3 burns us, but I sincerely hope that Frazier has a plan to contain him after last year.