Reports: Vikings decline to pick up Christian Ponder’s 5th-year option

By dwetmore@1500espn.com

The Vikings declined to pick up the fifth-year option on Christian Ponder’s contract, according to reports from ESPN and the Star Tribune.

Ponder will become a free agent at the end of the season.

If the team had decided to pick up his option, it still could have cut him following the year to save roughly $9.7 million the…

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Source: 1500 ESPN Sportswire