Christian Ponder might not be able to go for Vikings | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

Christian Ponder might not be able to go for Vikings | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports: "The Minnesota Vikings may be without their starting quarterback when they hit the Lambeau Field turf this evening. According to Dan Wiederer, Vikings beat writer for the Star Tribune, it's looking "more and more likely" than Ponder's right elbow injury will prevent him from playing against the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round.
"Still no final word. But Vikings much closer to Plan B," Wiederer reported on Twitter early Saturday afternoon.
"Plan B" would be backup quarterback Joe Webb, who last threw a pass in the Vikings' 2011 regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears. Third-stringer McLeod Bethel-Thompson may also be active for the first time this season. Webb took more reps in practice this past week than he usually does."

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Peterson, Vikings Top Pack 37-34 to Make Playoffs - ABC News

Peterson, Vikings Top Pack 37-34 to Make Playoffs - ABC News: "Adrian Peterson picked up the Minnesota Vikings and gave them a ride to the playoffs, where the first stop on this improbable journey is, yes, Green Bay.

Peterson came up 9 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season record, but he still powered the Vikings past the Packers 37-34 Sunday with 199 yards to set up a rematch next weekend in a first-round playoff game.

Peterson sliced through the line for a 27-yard gain in the closing seconds, his career-high 34th carry. That set up Blair Walsh's 29-yard field goal as time expired and put the Vikings (10-6) in the postseason after consecutive last-place finishes.

The division champion Packers (11-5) dropped to the NFC's No. 3 seed."

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