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ORIGINAL: Dave E

Tough situation for Zimmer, but that was a Frazier-esque team meltdown. Ponder led the charge -- I can't believe we were bummed less than two years ago that he couldnt' start a playoff game in lambeau -- but the defense was atrocious as well.

Gotta show up to play every week, at a minimum. They sure didn't last night.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: MDK

Is Ponder really that bad......he is worse now than he was as a rookie. And we have people here questioning Hicks' work ethic.

The inability to accurately throw to receivers. Unreal. 22 incompletions, and so many of them too high, behind the receiver.

And, as usual, look at one side of the field. And that's it.

Ick.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

I loved this take from one of the Strib writers. It's dead on accurate.

In the first half, while a victory was still theoretically in reach for the Vikings, Ponder completed only eight of his 18 attempts for 60 yards with a pair of interceptions. His two first-half highlights were a nice throw but incomplete pass to Jarius Wright after Ponder executed a play-action fake with no one else in the backfield and his tackle of Packers linebacker Jamari Lattimore after his second interception



I literally got numb when I saw the play action "fake" with nobody in the backfield. It was one of the those moments in life where you are just speechless.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Lambeau was "interesting". Ugly night for football though; just an ugly couple days in Wisconsin (shocking, I know). About what I expected. No real frills to it. Drunken fans. I was impressed that it was close to the action re: seats. Didn't seem like there's a bad seat in the house.. I would have liked to make it to tailgating and on a nicer day. Maybe some other time.
Kerry, sorry didn't get to meet up. Time was pretty tight for us getting in/out with craziness in Chicago airports. Never seen Midway like that before; ghosttown with so many cancelled/postponed flights.
I should have expected this with Ponder and the short week. They really do need to end these Thursday games or make them the London game coming off byes. The average score in the Thursday games? 42-8 at the hands of the home team. They're laughers and a huge advantage for them. And when you add Ponder to the mix? Oh boy.

I have the same thoughts on Ponder; he seems like a good guy to me and I've been very impressed how much class he's shown over these years. But he's just not good. You can tell before he throws it when its' going to be an INT or bad play. No zip on the ball, inaccurate, and panicky. He's the anti-IceWater. Will be so happy to see him back next week. First Lambeau experience sucked but I can't wait to go back there soon when Teddy is ready when we get to kick their ass.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

#Vikings DT Tom Johnson arrested overnight for Trespassing and Disorderly Conduct.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

If they have these:

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/07/163248-customer-service-fail-united-airlines-apology-letter-accidentally-hilarious/

Then why not these:

Dear (SPECIFIC SPORTS ENTITY)

I am outraged at the latest (SPECIFIC EVENT) involving (SPECIFIC PLAYER)!

Please provide (SPECIFIC COMPENSATION) to appease me.