{"id":11013,"date":"2013-12-06T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/ponder-out-peterson-questionable-for-vikes\/"},"modified":"2013-12-06T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:30:00","slug":"ponder-out-peterson-questionable-for-vikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/ponder-out-peterson-questionable-for-vikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponder out, Peterson questionable for Vikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Minnesota Vikings formally ruled starting quarterback Christian Ponder out for Sunday&#8217;s game at Baltimore after failing to receive medical clearance for a concussion he sustained last week.<\/p>\n<p>Star running back Adrian Peterson, meanwhile, is listed as questionable to face the Ravens due to a groin injury. The reigning NFL MVP did put in a limited practice on Friday, however, after sitting out the previous two days to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ponder was knocked out of last Sunday&#8217;s matchup against Chicago after taking a shot to the head in the first half. Matt Cassel took over under center and rallied Minnesota to a 23-20 overtime win.<\/p>\n<p>Cassel, who went 20-of-33 for 243 yards with one touchdown and one interception in relief, had been named the Vikings&#8217; starter for Sunday&#8217;s tilt by head coach Leslie Frazier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tight end Kyle Rudolph and cornerback Josh Robinson also will not play against the Ravens. Rudolph has been sidelined since Week 9 with a broken foot, while Robinson has missed the club&#8217;s past two outings with a fractured sternum.<\/p>\n<p>Safety Jamarca Sanford (ankle) was declared questionable as well for the Baltimore game, but was able to practice in full on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Minnesota Vikings formally ruled starting quarterback Christian Ponder out for Sunday&#8217;s game at Baltimore after failing to receive medical clearance for a concussion he sustained last week. Star running back Adrian Peterson, meanwhile, is listed as questionable to face the Ravens due to a groin injury. The reigning NFL MVP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[72,71,73],"class_list":["post-11013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-vikings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}