"The rumblings to play rookie quarterback Christian Ponder will grow louder, but coach Leslie Frazier still endorses Donovan McNabb - for now.

"We're not in a position where, I don't think, we'll make a quarterback change," Frazier said. "But we'll go back, look at this tape and look at every position and try to see what we're doing to help every position play better."

McNabb finished 18 of 30 passing for 202 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, but once again he was unable to make winning plays in the final minutes.

After orchestrating a 13-play, 70-yard drive in the fourth quarter capped by a 1-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins to inch the Vikings within five points, McNabb threw four straight incompletions on the offense's final series. The Chiefs deflected McNabb's first- and second-down attempts at Kansas City's 41-yard line.

In the second half, McNabb completed 9 of 18 passes for 77 yards and converted two third downs - twice his previous season total after halftime. "