huh? they play prevent when they know the team is only going to be passing, like when the vikings are in the 4th quarter and down by 3 touchdowns.
Look at the redskins or tampa bay game. Ponder got most of his yards passing in the 4th quarter, when teams switched to prevent to...well prevent a long touchdown pass.
Usually teams have their safeties lined up at the line of scrimmage against the vikings(first 3 quarters) because a. we have a.p, and b, because ponder can't throw it deep. This has effectively shut down our passing game, until they back off and leave some room in the middle.
The first five weeks don't mean a whole heckuva lot in football. Look at the cardinals, they went 5-0, but some adjustments made by opposing defenses and they haven't won since. They may not have played safeties close in those first 5 games, but harvin was doing everything. Ponder was throwing it timelier too, not necessarily more accurate. He got bailed out in the endzone by rudolph, but teams have adjusted.
I'll concede that a depleted reciever core(who have been poor with their route running) has a lot to do with, but ponder struggles throwing the ball anywhere, right now.
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