Sheesh. When did Frampton get hurt?

I hope Blanton can play. Haven't seen much of anything from him due to injured hammy. Would be a nice opportunity but it'd be a challenge to produce given so much missed time.

Blanton may have to play by himself.

Any of the three potential starters at safety could use the extra reps. Raymond, because he missed game three, Smith because he's a rookie, and Sanford, well, because he's Sanford.

What's Joe Webb up to?

He's busy jumping onto really tall boxes.

And eating cookies at the fair

I love Joe Webb, he has played in the final game for the viks for the past 2 years now. What a guy

John Carlson - TE - Vikings

Vikings TE John Carlson (knee) has resumed practicing and remains on track for Week 1.

Carson needed all four weeks to recover from his 2-4 week MCL sprain, but he'll be good to go against the Jaguars.
Source: Tom Pelissero on Twitter Aug 26 - 4:37 PM

Cool.

More good news.

That will make Craig happy.



That's very good news. I'd love to see Schwartz compete for a starting spot.

Even Ponder said it was an issue after the game. He has a few weeks to get a better handle on it so hopefully, by week 1, he'll have developed those drills into a habit.

Yes, as a matter of fact it does!

Good news! Carlson returned to practice yesterday:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_ ... o-practice

Definitely good news! It sounds as if he'll be ready for the opener. I sure hope Carlson can stay healthy now.

I don't know how I feel about this. The way the offense sputtered on the third pre-season game, I think the first team offense should atleast play one series.

I don't know that one extra series is going to make them any better prepared and the Vikings have a lot of guys fighting for positions outside of starters.

As Cliff said, I'm not sure one series would really make much difference. However, Jim Souhan seems to agree with you:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins ... 69875.html



I'm not sure it's time to get key starters hurt by playing them against players desperately trying to make a roster either.

I like Souhan's writing at times but by the end of this blog post he was talking about Ponder's body language and how he "lacks the sixth sense that most good quarterbacks have" in the pocket. When I start reading or hearing comments like that from sportswriters my eyes involuntarily begin to roll. I consider it the kind of "analysis" that's based on mythology as much as performance.

Seriously, LOL at that Moth. Who'da thunk that a guy with a profession in Journalism wouldn't be the biggest expert in the room on Football. I think Socrates said somethign about this once? Something about oration vs. actual skill and knowledge... I digress.

It is a preseason game. Would be very stupid to get someone hurt in a televised scrimmage 10 days before the opener. Just my thought.

LOL! It was a worthwhile digression. I think that may be the first time Socrates has been mentioned on this forum.

Oh yes we have, remember, Socrates was that "noodle legged", undersized, #12 pick out of Florida State.

I sure hope the Vikes know enough to run run run and then run again. Seeing #### Spielman didnt get us a receiver, (he did however get us an overpriced TE with an injury history that im bettting may play 4 games for us) AD and Toby have to carry the load. Along with the short TE/PH passes. Thats all we have. Make AD earn his enormous paycheck. At some point, Spielman will realize the NFL is a PASSING team that requires a QB and some WRs.