Update: Ponder still Vikings starter

Many people expected another quarterback change this week with Josh Freeman getting a second chance as the starter. That didn't happen.

November 20, 2013 at 7:12PM
Minnesota Vikings Christian Ponder (7).
Minnesota Vikings Christian Ponder (7). (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Vikings usually have their starting quarterback hold a weekly press conference every Wednesday morning, whoever that guy might be.

Well, Christian Ponder is still scheduled to speak today, the team confirmed. Does that mean Coach Leslie Frazier has decided to keep Ponder as the starter after removing him in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 41-20 loss at Seattle? Possibly, but we'll get clarification when Frazier speaks to reporters.

Update: Ponder was named the starter at Frazier's press conference.

Many of us expected another quarterback change this week with Josh Freeman getting a second chance as the starter.

Mark broke down the quarterback issue for the Vikings in today's centerpiece story.

We'll have a new blog after Frazier and Ponder speak.

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Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Star Tribune. He has worked at the Star Tribune since 2000 and previously covered the Vikings, Gophers football, Wild, Wolves and high school sports.

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