The Viking Age » joe namath http://thevikingage.com A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Fran Tarkenton Thinks the Vikings Should Play Christian Ponder http://thevikingage.com/2011/10/04/fran-tarkenton-thinks-the-vikings-should-play-christian-ponder/ http://thevikingage.com/2011/10/04/fran-tarkenton-thinks-the-vikings-should-play-christian-ponder/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:52:37 +0000 Dan Zinski http://thevikingage.com/?p=7012 Like Joe Namath, Fran Tarkenton isn’t afraid to give an opinion about the team he once led to glory. Lately Joe has been ticking off a lot of Jets fans by ripping the team for their slow start; and today Tarkenton too got in on the geezers-spouting-off game, though in somewhat milder fashion than Namath. [...]

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]]> Like Joe Namath, Fran Tarkenton isn’t afraid to give an opinion about the team he once led to glory. Lately Joe has been ticking off a lot of Jets fans by ripping the team for their slow start; and today Tarkenton too got in on the geezers-spouting-off game, though in somewhat milder fashion than Namath. Fran’s remarks mostly concern the quarterback position and what he thinks the Vikings should do there. His opinion? Dump Donovan McNabb and go with the kid Christian Ponder. As Tarkenton explained to Bob Sansevere:

First of all, Donovan McNabb is one of my favorite pro players. I think he has been a very great professional quarterback. He says the right things. He does the right things. Right now, I wanted to see us go younger quicker.

I told people back before the Vikings made the move, “If you think Donovan McNabb is the answer, he’s not.” You’re going with another old quarterback.

What we have done in Minnesota is delay getting that young quarterback. In Green Bay, they got rid of Brett Favre and went with Aaron Rodgers. They didn’t just win a Super Bowl. They’re set for the next 10 years.

We need to play Christian Ponder. I haven’t watched Christian Ponder play. But you never know until you play him. I would have played him from Day One. You have to play him to see if you have him for your future.

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