Harrison Smith will make his presence known in this game.
Unlike last week, Ponder will rely on Rudolph for a good chunk of the passes, and Percy will put up his consistent solid game: 100+ yards, 1TD for Percy.
Adrian WILL break one for 40+.
Speculation out of Bay Area that Randy Moss will play A LOT today. @SouhanStrib and I discuss next @1500ESPN. Stream at http://1500ESPN.com
Good. Frankly, I think he's less of a threat than Davis, Crabtree or Manningham so I hope they overuse him in their game plan to their detriment. I'd love to see the Vikes defense get a few powerful, clean hits on him.
Hopefully, I won't be eating those words later.
I'm disappointed that Wright's inactive. It's bad enough that Simpson is missing the first 3 games but it stinks that Wright will miss all 3 too.
The Vikings had already ruled out linebacker Erin Henderson (concussion), who will be replaced by veteran Marvin Mitchell. They also deactivated receiver Jarius Wright, who appeared to have recovered from a sprained ankle that sidelined him for the first two games of the season. I'm guessing that was a special teams-related decision. Wright probably wouldn't have provided an immediate impact there, even if the Vikings could use him on offense.
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