Don't blame Ponder for loss: Vikings coach

Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier is adamant that quarterback Christian Ponder isn't to blame for the team's loss on Sunday. 

"On Sunday, it was not all about Christian," Frazier said Wednesday, via Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "He had his mistakes. But the fact is the quarterback position is much more magnified. He just happens to play the position with the most scrutiny. We had other guys, trust me, that when we watched the tape, the scrutiny that needed to be had in those moments, they are well aware that they have to play better. They're not looking only at our quarterback and saying, 'If he had done this or that, we would have won that ballgame.' We need to play better across the board."

Ponder echoed his coach's thoughts on consistency and said he's eager to move on to Week 2.

"Well, the good thing about football, especially the NFL, is you got to move on quickly," Ponder said. "Watching the film Monday and Sunday night, a lot of things are easily correctable. We'll get them fixed. We're too good of a team to be making those mistakes. We have to establish the run better. ... And we can't turn the ball over.

"There are things I can do better. That everybody can do better. The running back, the receivers. It's something as an offense, we correct as a whole."