Comments on: Matt Cassel ready to assist Christian Ponder

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:32:21 +0000

Ponder bruises easily. I wonder if he’ll ever play in a playoff game.

By: GenXJay

GenXJay — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:02:36 +0000

Shreddin’ string cheese w/a grater is “what just happened”.
I gotta give you the benefit of the doubt. Mentoring is not GB’s forte. (Favre/Rodgers). Now, we’ll see through the swiss cheese due to Jennings departure.
Any fan, including Vikes fans, understands that mentoring is why Cassell got snatched up.
Goodluck if ShAaron goes down. Pack will have to rely on that running game.

By: Rick Spielman is a Magician

Rick Spielman is a Magician — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:01:01 +0000

I love reading the Packer fans’ wishful thinking that Ponder will never be any better than he was in his worst game. Did you forget the last game he played? I thought he looked pretty good against your club.

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:11:52 +0000

Any knowledgeable football fan (thereby eliminating all Viking fans) would tell you that if Cassel is forced to start, then your football team is in deep trouble. But that was already true if your qB ranks in the bottom third of the NFL and your team is one of the worst passing teams in a pass happy league.

Ponder or Cassel, what’s our third choice?

By: gdeli

gdeli — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:07:23 +0000

It’s up to ponder to blow it. and they have to do something FINALLY with joe webb. Dump him or make him a wr. Just DO something. That part is old and stale. get a cb, mlb and 2 wr’s and your off!

By: musicman495

musicman495 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:29:21 +0000

srock68 says: Mar 16, 2013 1:15 AM

I would like to remind everyone that last year was Ponders FIRST full year as a starter. People talk about him like he’s been around 4-5 years. He can throw the deep ball. He just has to stop making awful decisions.
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Do we need to remind YOU of the QB’s who in THEIR first full year as a starter in 2012 (Griffin, Luck, Wilson, Kaepernick, etc.) played rings around Ponder and did not have the best RB in football to hand it off to 25 times per game? Ponder will never be more than what he was – a 3rd round talent who got drafted in the 1st round by a desperate franchise that has had some of the league’s worst QB play over the last 20 years (one year each by Favre and Cunningham excepted). Which is why it would not shock me if Cassel were starting by game 6 next year (not that he is much better).

By: bribos

bribos — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:43:29 +0000

This sounds like coach speak for “Ponder, I would rent, not buy, your next place.” A monkey can hand the ball off to AP; it will take a qb with a live arm and someone used to winning to take that team to the next level; no part of that description fits Ponder. I suspect he will be traded by the deadline, or sooner if a starter gets hurt somewhere.

By: jredshoes

jredshoes — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:32:51 +0000

Vike fans. Matt Cassell was a good-great QB when he had an offensive coordinator who had a clue (Charlie Weiss, Bellicheck). That being said when the went through the disaster that was Haley, Daboll, Bill Muir, etc. he didn’t bitch or cry or whine to media. He tried to help Brady Quinn or whoever the idiots here decided to put in front of him. I think he can do well when he has people around him that aren’t clueless and even as a Chiefs season ticket holder that has watched him every game, I think you got a great deal on a good guy who deserved better than he received here. The irony now is we have Alex Smith, the SF version of the same deal

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:16:30 +0000

You either have to be blind, stupid, or both, not to know Cassel absolutely sucks.

By: germanstingray

germanstingray — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:56:22 +0000

Cassel can teach Ponder how to stare down the primary receiver and become a turnover machine!

By: jetsjetsjetsnow

jetsjetsjetsnow — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:36:41 +0000

Good luck with that. Trust me, you don’t want Cassel as your starting QB! He’d be fine for a series here or there or even maybe half a game. But more than that & you are asking for an ulser. Take it from a seasoned Jets fan who knows a marginal to crappy QB when he sees one.

By: bumbleb572

bumbleb572 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:34:35 +0000

Cassell is read to help assist himself for Ponders job.

By: banlarson

banlarson — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:00:30 +0000

The concern I have with Ponder is he rarely hits a receiver in stride, something Rogers is outstanding at. That brings his accuracy into question, is it just something he’ll learn to get better at, or is he incapable of it? He showed that he is capable if managing the game last year, but he will never be the type of QB who can win a game on his own.

By: conormacleod

conormacleod — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:46:29 +0000

It all comes down to improving the team. And the Vikings are doing that. End of story. End of “controversy”.

By: doorharp11

doorharp11 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:52:43 +0000

61.8% comp percentage 2,995 18 td 12 int for ponders first full year leading the vikes to a 10-6 record. Im a firm believer that ponder will do some great things in the future.

By: bigbenh8tr

bigbenh8tr — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:52:42 +0000

ryan mallett vs. matt cassell. please learn and don’t ignorantly comment. you “fans” who jist started like illogocalrg3petaphile need a reality check or youthanaisia.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:08:56 +0000

absolutely a great pickup… could not have made a better choice.

By: arkytandy

arkytandy — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:55:25 +0000

Maybe a QB who has expierence, not named Donovan McNabb, will help Ponder grow and flourish as a QB. He has never had a solid mentor in the NFL. Cassel was a product of a system yes but he still has knowledge that he can share with Ponder as long as he recognizes he’s a back up.

By: jordiway73

jordiway73 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:43:10 +0000

Hey Matt get my shoes, Hey Matt get my helmet, Hey Matt go get me your girlfriend!!!!

By: geraldthecat

geraldthecat — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:23:42 +0000

Webb is still there beat qb.

By: vik3z

vik3z — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:55:37 +0000

haha funny that florio got all excited and made an article about how cassel will compete to start. jumping the gun to turn a non-story into a story once again gossip girl

By: therealraider

therealraider — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:44:10 +0000

The fact of the matter is Matt Cassel is content with cashing checks and carrying a clipboard.

By: srock68

srock68 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:15:23 +0000

By: jcmeyer10

jcmeyer10 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:48:00 +0000

Lest we forget he did go 11-5 as a starter one year.

By: vikingsftw

vikingsftw — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:45:59 +0000

Of all the backups you could pick this year I would say Cassel is the best. Flynn did nothing all year and had one big game of glory with Green Bay over a year ago….who cares..old news. And look at the stinker the poor Steelers got with Gradkowski
Going to be ugly for them this year. At least we got a decent quarterback and not a total scrub.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:40:43 +0000

He’s showing a lot of incremental progress, but Ponder still hasn’t quite perfected the art of the turnover the way Matt Cassel has. There’s a lot there for Ponder to learn.

I feel bad for AP and that defense, having these two guys as their team’s top QB options

By: thesmartestmanever

thesmartestmanever — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:33:41 +0000

Gus Frerotte 2.0

By: boobschannel

boobschannel — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:32:40 +0000

the stats kinda show it already, so you can look it up for yourselves, but on multiple sites, the vikings o-line is ranked among the best in the league – as well as one of the youngest. when you block for #28, and he goes off like last year, a big part of that is o-line. if cassel has to step in for ponder – for 1 game – he’s fine.

i really think what minnesota is trying to do is similar to what they do in new england, only run the ball better than they do.

tom brady doesn’t exactly throw a lot of 20+ yard passes, lots of short to intermediate passes and screens, with TEs up the seam. it looks a lot like that’s what MN is trying to build w/ rudolph and carlson.

cassel’s role will be well defined, if he has to play i doubt he will be terrible.

By: malvord13

malvord13 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:32:28 +0000

Goes to show any qb can be great in pats offense. I bet if mallet started a couple weeks he would look elite too.

By: Rick Spielman is a Magician

Rick Spielman is a Magician — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:26:18 +0000

Vikings got the best backup QB available and the best WR available. Now if there were just a middle linebacker available.