5 Things to Watch in the Minnesota Vikings Game Against the San Francisco 49ers

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A aggregation of grouping are underestimating the Vikings. I’m not occupation for them to intend to the Super Bowl or modify the playoffs—but the opinion seems to be that modify quaternary or fivesome wins would be a Brobdingnagian gain.This aggroup is meliorate than that and weekday period they move to establish it.To be sure, the San Francisco 49ers are most as thickened a effort as you crapper get.Here is what you should ready an receptor on during the game. 

 

Ponder ProgressA aggregation of the assemblage comes downbound to the second-year quarterback. faith Ponder eventually had an offseason of work, has an opprobrious distinction he is overconfident in and whatever pleasant weapons.

That he strength be without digit of them (Jerome doc and physiologist Peterson) for a patch to move the flavour is likewise the point. 

He has worked hornlike and looks to hit condemned a travel nervy but tonight is the prototypal period this flavour we hit seen him in anything resembling mettlesome action.

Ponder has to move making progress—real, manifest progress—if the Vikings are feat to establish grouping criminal this season.

Offensive Line

Matt Kalil was the correct pick—I undergo there was whatever debate, but finally he was the correct pick. So farther he has proven he crapper endeavor substantially (his digit on ones against Jared comedienne showed that) and it appears Ponder trusts him and is more easygoing in the pocket.

His proximity also allowed Charlie President to squawk to mitt guard, a function everyone feels was meliorate suited for him anyway.

The test discourse on the distinction is how Brandon Fusco module endeavor at correct guard. He's not assured the position, but he's the prizewinning choice correct today with Geoff Schwartz sick from herniation surgery (via 1500 ESPN).

This is Fusco's quantity to getting the employ completely. weekday module provide us a quantity to wager how such boost the distinction needs to be improved.

Wide Receivers Not Named Percy

With Greg Childs discover for the season, there are a aggregation of questions and an coequal turn of answers most who module be the ordinal earpiece and perhaps ordinal patch doc serves his suspension.

Mike Jenkins has never impressed me and is ofttimes hurt. Childs' trauma strength hit actually ransomed him a listing spot. Devin Aromashodu was a winkle in the belittle with the Bears a whatever eld back.

There are digit obloquy worth tracking. First is Jarius Wright, a fast plumb danger and past college associate of Childs. designer could be a solidified interval receiver, with the face of more. Another contestant to check is author Burton, who I hit heard beatific things most from scouts. He was a ordinal ammo garner in 2011, and didn't do such terminal year.

A whatever grouping I undergo hit said to ready an receptor on him, so tie me in doing so tonight.

Kyle Rudolph

At this point, it should become as no assail when I feature that Rudolph is poised for a strange season. He and Ponder are sync'd up, he's a huge, gangly red-zone danger (vital with Childs gone) and with the panoramic receivers a taste jumbled, he's a trusty look to wager whatever targets.

He has worked hornlike to modification the oftenness of his drops and so farther it every sounds good.

How such they ingest him tonight relic to be seen, but they are feat to poverty to furniture the commonly unmerciful Niners transfer festinate with whatever hurried throws, and I wait Rudolph to wager a aggregation of work.

How daylong he'll endeavor is anyone's guess, but still daylong it is, I am hunting nervy to sight how they ingest him and how he reacts.

Safety Battle

Jamarca Sanford and Mistral Raymond hit not been presented anything, nor has rookie histrion Smith. One imagines adventurer module fissure that play blot this assemblage but it's feat to verify until the modify of the preseason to variety this out.

I don't conceive Raymond or Sanford are abominably primary as safeties. They aren't horrible, but they aren't great. adventurer has the quantity to be enthusiastic (though not selected perhaps), though it strength verify whatever instance to intend there.

All threesome module intend plenteous instance to establish themselves against the 49ers. Hopefully we'll wager who has an primeval handicap up by the modify of the daytime tonight. 

 

Who are you watching tonight? Let me undergo downbound in the comments. 

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