Christian Ponder Couldn’t Play Against the Packers Because His Arm Looked Like This
Christian Ponder was a late scratch Saturday for the Vikings’ playoff game in Green Bay with bruised triceps. His replacement, Joe Webb, wasn’t effective through the air and Minnesota lost, 24-10.
(Interesting aside: Al Michaels mentioned during the game the NBC crew knew about Ponder’s injury Friday night. How did it not leak out until Saturday afternoon?)
A reporter, Shari Gross, got a photo of Ponder’s arm today, and while it looks pretty bad, remember, this is days after it was awful.
Enter your Samantha Ponder jokes here.
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January 7th, 2013 at 1:48 PM
why not? they were both too injured to be effective in a playoff game against Green Bay, and their backups both royally shit the bed. seems like an apt comparison in this case.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Please. Joe Webb is lightyears away from Caleb Hanie.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Why would we not compare Ponder to Cutler? Cutler was seriously injured- torn MCL- and Ponder is obviously injured, too. Not sure I get it…
January 7th, 2013 at 1:53 PM
It didn’t leak till Saturday because if the game crews start leaking info, they won’t get anything at all from the coaches and teams. If you ever listen to an Al Michael’s interview about the subject, he takes it VERY seriously that anything they tell him or the game crew is confidential til the game begins.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Was he referring to them listing him as questionable on Friday with the elbow?
January 7th, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Because NBC uses good ethical practices.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Fixed for Al Michaels-speak
January 7th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
he takes it VERY seriously that anything they tell him or the game crew is confidential til the game begins.
as he should. credibility and trustworthiness is all
/and booze
January 7th, 2013 at 1:58 PM
This black backround sucks. Can’t see the text without highlighting it. If only someone with some computer knowledge worked at TBL.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:59 PM
It’s pretty amazing he was able to make the throws he did in the second half of the Week 17 game…Toradol rule the day then?
January 7th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
If only RGIII’s ACL was visible from outside of his body.
January 7th, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Does Shanahan have dirt on Francesa, such as he enjoys diet coke a little too much because the guy is saying Andrews didn’t come out and protest the RGIII decision and he didn’t call the bootlegs or at least we don’t know he called that. Guy is blowing him more than he does Parcells.
January 7th, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Ah okay so he implied they knew what was going on beyond the bursitis report? Was watching at a bar and couldn’t hear the booth.
January 7th, 2013 at 2:11 PM
But what about his pecs?
January 7th, 2013 at 2:13 PM
ponder? i dont even know her yet!
January 7th, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Was the Cutler reference removed? I don’t see it.
Also, this could look better than it did a few days ago. Can anyone explain why we would see this bruising with his injury?
January 7th, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Babar it’s on the post on the main page, the little bit there (splash? I forget)
January 7th, 2013 at 2:56 PM
poor product placement on that dumbshit bracelet.