There is no shame in playing Webb enough to develop him, and giveing him the nod if he continues to make the team go. Ponder is also a good prospect, but he is not the second coming. He is also inexpensive, it’s not like he got Bradford money, he is getting less than half of what they just gave to Sullivan (I’m puking now). He also costs less than Kleinsasser.

I respectively disagree. Webb has a stronger arm, is more athletic, shows more poise in the pocket, and has been flat out outperforming Ponder. What’s so obvious about it? As for Webb having an extra year of training camp, I think that’s a little misleading. Ponder has been given first string repetitions, while Webb has been running the scout team. There’s a huge difference. There also seems to be a big double standard. Posters think that Ponder will improve, yet they think Webb never will. I personally have seen a huge improvement in Webb’s accuracy and I feel that comes with an increase of meaningful snaps.

Not really. Webb looked better in the preseason too. The Vikings reached on Ponder and knew it. The last game of the preseason was to determine McNabb’s backup, when in reality the Vikings already knew it was going to be Ponder. Ponder was to play the first half and Webb would play the second half. Funny thing though, Ponder played well into the third. WHY? Because the Vikings already knew that Ponder would be McNabb’s backup. The Vikings were waiting for Ponder to make that great play. Waiting for something to point at and declare “Ponder our backup”. That great play never came. When Webb’s turn finally came, he wasn’t allowed to throw the ball. The Viking brass were afraid Webb would upstage Ponder. Webb spent the rest of the game handing off to Caleb King. As I said, Ponder did not beat out Webb, it wasn’t a fair competition.

then you’d know that that is the first comment I’ve made about the issue. Do you see that?

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