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Before joining our Access Vikings team, Dan Wiederer covered Atlantic Coast Conference basketball for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer and was named North Carolina's top sports columnist in 2010. His previous reporting experience includes covering the Chicago Bears. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Ponder will start for rest of season
Posted by: Dan Wiederer under Vikings, Vikings coaches, Leslie Frazier, Vikings injury report, Antoine Winfield, John Sullivan, Leslie Frazier, Phil Loadholt, Steve Hutchinson, Vikings quarterbacks Updated: October 19, 2011 - 12:00 PM
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said rookie Christian Ponder will be the team's starting quarterback for the rest of the season.
The benched veteran, Donovan McNabb, will back up Ponder.
Said Ponder, who might have to scramble a bit: "I'm just going to let my instincts take over."
Frazier said the status quo wasn't getting it done, and that McNabb was classy about getting the news and intends to help Ponder, who will make his starting debut Sunday against Green Bay.
Frazier said, know what he knows now, he still wouldn't have done anything different. He would have signed McNabb and had him start the season for the Vikings.
On the injury front, cornerback Antoine Winfield (neck) is expected to practice today. The offensive line is hurting -- tackle Phil Loadholt (knee) and Charlie Johnson (triceps), guard Steve Hutchinson (knee) and center John Sullivan (concussion) -- are suffering injuries of some sort. Sullivan and Loadholt appear to be more serious, with Frazier thinking Hutchinson and Johnson should be OK to play.
We'll have more after the press conference and player access.
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