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Clipped from the article from Kevin Seifert, Star Tribune
entire article: http://www.startribune.com/stories/510/915564.html Vikings quarterback Todd Bouman, declaring that the injured thumb on his throwing hand is much better, said today he's ready to go Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. "I took all of the snaps today,'' said Bouman, who has moved up to startiang quarterback after Daunte Culpepper injured his knee. "The thumb is a little sore, but I'll be ready to go on Sunday." Bouman continued: "I've come a long way the last couple of days. With all of the treatment I have gotten, I can squeeze the ball and I can throw pretty much anything I want to throw, so I don't foresee it being a problem." The St. Cloud State product injured his thumb in the team's 27-24 loss last Sunday to Detroit. Bouman has had limited practice action this week. Backup Spurgeon Wynn has taken more snaps the past few days, and the team brought in Ramaro Miller, cut in training camp, should he have been needed to back up Wynn. Bouman today called dealing with the injury just "part of the game. You've just got to come in and get treatment, and hopefully things will turn around fast. It's progressed each day, and that's all you can do." He said there's a risk that it could be re-injured Sunday. "It's not going to heal until the season is over. So any time if you get hit on it, it's going to re-injure it or aggravate it. But you've just got to deal with it." Concerning Culpepper's surgery, Green said today that it "went as expected ... and he has a positive prognosis. Daunte's rehabilitation will begin immediately." While there's be no definitive word on when Culpepper might return to the lineup, he could end up missing the season's remaining three games. The consequence of that appears minimal, considering the Vikings are virtually eliminated from a playoff berth. **************************** Our View: With Todd taking all the snaps on Thursday, he is a very safe bet to start on Sunday. Culpepper is not expected to return this season so Todd should start the remainder of the season unless he is injured further. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: cheatsheets-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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