"During his news conference Monday, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier touched on the encouraging play of rookie quarterback Christian Ponder in Sunday's loss to the Green Bay Packers, the deactivation of wide receiver Bernard Berrian, the groin kick by defensive end Brian Robison. And then he talked to me about those topics and a few others, including an NFL Network report that laziness played a part in Donovan McNabb being benched.

BS: That report about McNabb being lazy - is there anything to it? Did that play into the decision to play Ponder?

LF: Ridiculous. Flat-out ridiculous. I don't know where that would come from. I mean, this guy worked his tail off when he was the starting quarterback, staying after practice, throwing balls with receivers. When I heard about that, (I thought) "Wow, where would that come from?"

BS: Well, it doesn't sound like it comes from you.

LF: No. It just makes no sense.

BS: After the Green Bay game, did you wonder where you might be if you made Ponder the starter sooner? "