Don't blame Twitter for landing Vikings receiver Bernard Berrian in coach Leslie Frazier's doghouse as a surprise game-day inactive against the Arizona Cardinals.

"It does have something to do with something," Frazier said after the Vikings' 34-10 win at Mall of America Field. "It was a disciplinary decision by me."

Frazier, however, insisted twice that it had nothing to do with anything Berrian (@B_Twice) typed while tweeting up a controversial storm a week ago after the Vikings lost in Kansas City.

Berrian tweeted that he's been open for four years, an insinuation that quarterbacks haven't been getting him the ball. When state representative and amputee war hero John Kriesel mocked the tweet, Berrian challenged him to watch the film or "sit down and shut up." Berrian didn't know Kriesel was a state representative, an amputee war hero or that he was a co-sponsor of the team's stadium bill.

If it wasn't the Twitter incident, it's another sign that Berrian just isn't fitting in -- again -- at Winter Park. Projected as a key starter, he has two catches for 37 yards.

Early last week, Frazier talked about the importance of continuing to take shots down the field to Berrian. But that changed drastically. And quickly. Even quarterback Donovan McNabb was surprised by the decision.

"I didn't know until I got here today," McNabb said.

In trying to describe the decision, Frazier said: "Just looking at where we were as a team and what we're trying to get accomplished, that was it. Just looking at the bigger picture and what we had to get done as a football team. That's not to say it'll continuously be this way. There were some things that we needed to get done that had to be done."

The fall of Berrian, who wasn't in the locker room after the game, added to the steady rise of receiver Devin Aromashodu, a four-year veteran who was signed as an unrestricted free agent from Chicago before the season. A week after a 34-yard touchdown catch, Aromashodu caught two passes for 81 yards, including a 60-yard catch-and-run.

He now has four catches for 120 yards (30-yard average) and a touchdown. He has the longest touchdown catch by 26 yards and the longest reception (60) by 18 yards.

And the 60-yarder came at a point in the third quarter when the Vikings could have started collapsing like they did in blowing leads of 10, 17 and 20 points the first three weeks.

The Vikings' 28-0 lead had shrunk to 28-10 when a Jim Kleinsasser holding penalty gave the Vikings a first-and-20 at their 24-yard line with 6 minutes, 14 seconds left in the third quarter. But Aromashodu got open deep over the middle and caught the ball in stride as a defender fell. Four plays later, the Vikings kicked a field goal.

"It was important to get our offense on that side of the 50," Aromashodu said, "and show them that we were going to fight back in the second half this time."

Now, Aromashodu heads back to Chicago for Sunday night's game. By that time, he may have moved ahead of Berrian permanently as the team's featured deep threat.

"I've been looking forward to this game," Aromashodu said. "I've had it circled. I am ready to go."

But is Berrian?