Comments on: All the Christian Ponder Benching Talk Is Silly http://thevikingage.com/2012/10/27/all-the-christian-ponder-benching-talk-is-silly/ A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bob http://thevikingage.com/2012/10/27/all-the-christian-ponder-benching-talk-is-silly/comment-page-1/#comment-930382 Bob Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:45:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10016#comment-930382 Time to go to the New York Jets and rent......Yes, I said R-E-N-T Tim Tebow! The know it all's in the NFL claim Tebow can't be successful in the typical QB spot and MN is successfully operating without a QB capable of needing deep passing game. There is currently no place in the NFL that can better showcase what Tebow can do. Ponder is a project gone bad and this would provide an interesting avenue for all parties involved. Think about it Peter King! Your voice could make it happen. Time to go to the New York Jets and rent……Yes, I said R-E-N-T Tim Tebow! The know it all’s in the NFL claim Tebow can’t be successful in the typical QB spot and MN is successfully operating without a QB capable of needing deep passing game. There is currently no place in the NFL that can better showcase what Tebow can do. Ponder is a project gone bad and this would provide an interesting avenue for all parties involved. Think about it Peter King! Your voice could make it happen.

]]> By: StraightUp http://thevikingage.com/2012/10/27/all-the-christian-ponder-benching-talk-is-silly/comment-page-1/#comment-930380 StraightUp Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:40:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10016#comment-930380 Ponder needs to be benched. Frazier is gonna ruin this team refusing to realize that ponder is not a nfl quarterback. What other qbs have thrown for less then 60 yards more then once this year. He constantly misses easy 5 yard throws and cant even hit his 6'7 tight end he throws it at his ankles. His deep pass are all inaccurate jst lobbing the ball towards the sideline which usually ends up in a pick. Joe webb might not be a much better "thrower" but at least he can escape the pocket and not get sacked 50 times a game for holding onto the ball for 10 seconds like ponder does. There were many open receivers ponder just cant throw it to them. Ponder needs to be benched. Frazier is gonna ruin this team refusing to realize that ponder is not a nfl quarterback. What other qbs have thrown for less then 60 yards more then once this year. He constantly misses easy 5 yard throws and cant even hit his 6’7 tight end he throws it at his ankles. His deep pass are all inaccurate jst lobbing the ball towards the sideline which usually ends up in a pick. Joe webb might not be a much better “thrower” but at least he can escape the pocket and not get sacked 50 times a game for holding onto the ball for 10 seconds like ponder does. There were many open receivers ponder just cant throw it to them.

]]> By: Not an Expert http://thevikingage.com/2012/10/27/all-the-christian-ponder-benching-talk-is-silly/comment-page-1/#comment-930358 Not an Expert Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:39:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10016#comment-930358 I think I'd like to have Ponder as a friend. He seems like a very nice and very sharp guy. It also seems to me like he has the potential to become a very mediocre quarterback. I just don't think Ponder is going to develop the instinct to manage a fast-paced NFL game and make that long play happen. It's not that he isn't smart - but knowing a play and being able to diagram it and lecture on its merits and flaws doesn't mean that you'll ever be able to take full advantage of that play when it is happening very fast on the field. What I want is a quarterback who gets everything set up, the ball is snapped, and the play then just flows for him. I want someone who feels/sees where people are and where they are going to be and will know instinctually where to go with the ball. This is something I don't think can really be taught. I think Joe Webb has the potential to be a great quarterback. I think he has the ability to develop that feel for the field that will allow him to exploit a play to the fullest. But to get there he needs significant and regular time on the field. I expect he'd be doing a lot of running for a while but would develop a sense for what is happening and what he can make happen. That's my take on it - and I acknowledge that I'm not an expert. I think I’d like to have Ponder as a friend. He seems like a very nice and very sharp guy. It also seems to me like he has the potential to become a very mediocre quarterback.

I just don’t think Ponder is going to develop the instinct to manage a fast-paced NFL game and make that long play happen. It’s not that he isn’t smart – but knowing a play and being able to diagram it and lecture on its merits and flaws doesn’t mean that you’ll ever be able to take full advantage of that play when it is happening very fast on the field.

What I want is a quarterback who gets everything set up, the ball is snapped, and the play then just flows for him. I want someone who feels/sees where people are and where they are going to be and will know instinctually where to go with the ball. This is something I don’t think can really be taught.

I think Joe Webb has the potential to be a great quarterback. I think he has the ability to develop that feel for the field that will allow him to exploit a play to the fullest. But to get there he needs significant and regular time on the field. I expect he’d be doing a lot of running for a while but would develop a sense for what is happening and what he can make happen.

That’s my take on it – and I acknowledge that I’m not an expert.

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