GAHHH!Jeffbleedspurple wrote:I am not very concerned what Wallace does. But seeing what Jennings will bring to the table for the Vikings with Ponder throwing him the ball will be interesting for sure.
Either Jennings will help make Ponder a better QB or Ponder will make Jennings look not so great.
I don't have tons of faith in Ponder right now, with a WR or 2 in this years draft Ponder should have the weapons around him he needs, no more excuses.
You're new here, Jeff (welcome!) so I should explain: I made a post a while back about how often people use that phrase in connection to Ponder (at one point it was more or less daily) and said that I'd like a dollar for every time people use it that way. In other words, don't take my headbangin' response above seriously.
I agree with you that it will be interesting to see how the Ponder-to-Jennings connection works this season. I imagine it might take a short while for them to establish chemistry but overall, I think they will work will together. I feel Ponder's at his best on timing plays where he can drop, set and throw and with Jennings' route-running abilities, we should see more of those plays in 2013.
Regarding Ponder and excuses: I don't think he's ever had excuses, to be honest. The inadequacies of the receiving corps and pass protection that have created problems for him were legitimate reasons for those problems and when Ponder made bad choices, bad throws or used poor mechanics, those weren't excusable in the first place. I do think there's a learning curve involved at any position and at QB more than most so I cut him slack there but that's it.
