So the meetings have adjourned and we have a few new rules. The overtime rules for the playoffs last year will now be the standard throughout the regular season. Also, I just want to express my disgust for these Saints rulings. Sure it's good for football to come down hard on them and good for the present NFC teams as a perennial power will be hindered a great deal this upcoming season. I just hated to see Favre getting rocked on Yahoo's Sports page when the story broke. How disgusting for us Vikings fans to see a punishment brought down on the very team that kept the Vikings from appearing in the Super Bowl and a realistic chance at winning our first. These punishments won't make Favre a better QB in 2011. They don't let Warner comeback for one last chance with the Cardinals. Enough about that.
Justin Blackmon. I heard that the Vikings may be interested in the stud receiver from Oklahoma State. As exciting as the kid is, I'm not sure he's the answer the Vikings should be looking for. We resigned Aromashadu; whoop-de-doo, I know. The fact of the matter is that what needs to be the focus is our offensive line. We need to establish the run and also give time for Ponder to well ponder where to throw. If you watched Ponder last year you may have seen that he made some good throws, some good runs to pick up 3rd down conversions and those pesky interceptions that you thought he wasn't watching the defense at all. He wasn't. He read the defense at the line and then decided pre-snape where to go with the ball. We need him to have enough time to go through a few reads and not have him assuming that so-and-so will be open. We get Ponder rolling we'll be fine. We don't need another season a QB doubting and us reaching for one in next year's draft. This is a team game. QBs are important yes, but defense, special teams and the running game have more importance.
