The game plan they preached during the off-season made sense, they signed Carlson to a decent contract saying they were going to have a double TE passing attack with Rudolph to help keep the defense from stacking Peterson. They signed Simpson saying he would stretch the field and give Harvin room underneath to work and also help keep the defense from stacking Peterson.
They haven't done any of that, instead they have only been looking for Harvin and occasionally Rudolph, and Peterson has had to carry the load by himself most of the time, if he wasn't superhuman they probably would be about 1-11.
Ponder has gone steadily downhill this year, and with Peterson, Harvin, and Rudolph in the lineup this offense should be able to keep teams on their heels.