Minnesota Vikings

Power Rankings

Date	Ranking	Previous
02/07/2012	30	30
They need to get better players around Christian Ponder. He needs weapons, especially with Adrian Peterson coming off a torn ACL.
01/03/2012	30	30
Is it Joe Webb or Christian Ponder who leads this team next year? They have to fix the offensive line.
12/27/2011	30	30
The knee injury suffered by Adrian Peterson could be impactful down the road. That's not easy to bounce back from for a back.
12/20/2011	30	30
Christian Ponder has cooled considerably, but a lot of that has to do with the defense being so bad. It puts a lot of pressure on him to keep up.
12/13/2011	30	29
Christian Ponder had some rookie struggles against the Lions. That's going to happen. They need to let him play through those.
12/06/2011	29	29
Christian Ponder gives them hope for the future, but there are a lot of issues at other spots on this roster. How fast have they fallen from two years ago?
11/29/2011	29	28
It's time to start planning for 2012. That means keeping Adrian Peterson down for as long as it takes.
11/22/2011	28	24
Christian Ponder had a rough go of it against the Raiders, but that happens to rookies. Without Adrian Peterson, things will get tougher.
11/15/2011	24	25
They just aren't close to being in the same class with the Packers. The rest of the season has to be about Christian Ponder growing as a quarterback.
11/08/2011	25	25
Rookie Christian Ponder gets another crack at the Packers. He probably can't match Aaron Rodgers throw for throw, so the Vikings defense has to play big.