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Leslie Frazier: Well as you know, Christian suffered a concussion in the first half where we now need to go through league protocol to determine his status next week for the Baltimore Ravens. Ghost: So Christian is the starter if he clears the concussion protocol? Leslie Frazier: That's correct. Ghost: Can we discuss concussion protocol? Leslie Frazier: Sure. As you know the league has established a wide range of test and procedures that a player needs to pass before that player can be cleared to either practice or play. The procedures are quite involved in that it is designed to catch unusual behavior or characteristics, which is typical for head injuries. If the effects are unusual, this organization further screens that player where we may bring in outside help to protect the health of our players. Ghost: My apologies coach but I wasn't asking about the players. I was referring to the procedures applied to coaches that are clearly suffering from some sort of head injury ... based upon questionable quarterback evaluations ... maybe from the continual bounce that their brains are subject to from just running onto the field. You see ... it shows up on film. It shows up in you ability to lead your team to victories. It's crunch time. We need first downs. We need to convert one after the next and here's this kid ... Cassel ... does it with poise ... and with fight. Wasn't that him stretching out for the goal line ... trying to pound the rock? You see ... there was no reason to share the blame ... as first down conversions turn the pressure up on the opposing team. Ponder's 3 & outs, when it counts ... well coach ... it's killing us. Sure the defense is the one that gave it up but that doesn't happen when the offense does its job. It's like the monkey knife fight on the Simpson's when Moe declares, "He ain't pretty no more". Sure ... we had the smartest QB in the league ... maybe we
still do. The problem of course is the Viking's perspective in regard to
evaluating a quarterback. What we can most certainly count on is that it
is either short sighted (not long term thinking) or it's just flat out
wrong. You see ... we don't need to apply Viking logic to evaluating a
quarterback and his play. We need to apply the logic of Bill Walsh or Bill
Belichick. Would either of these men have invested in Christian Ponder or
better said, would they be happy being saddled with Christian Ponder. The
way I see it, in that statement there was both grave movement and the other fell
to his knees asking God, "What did I ever do to you"? Again ...
it's not Viking logic that we need ... we need the logic that brings
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