On the surface, Bradford (65 percent, 3,725 yards, 19 TD, 14 INT) wasn’t anything special past year, but he did improve throughout the season. In exchange, the Eagles received the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2017 and a fourth rounder in 2018. He is signed through 2017, which was a major reason for Minnesota’s interest.
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ESPN’s Ed Werder cited a source in an article published Tuesday morning that the former UofL star will have surgery “to fix the torn ACL and other structural damage in his left knee”.
Zimmer was all for the move, made by general manager Rick Spielman.
The Eagles were 7-9 last season and would have been in a rebuilding mode in a division other than the diluted NFC East. Carson Wentz, who wasselected with the No. 2 overall pick, missed the last threepreseason games after breaking his ribs. He has been part of a good number of offenses, and adapting has become a forced habit. NY (yes, Kelly was technically fired before the game but the root of the offense was the same) felt more like a preseason game than anything close to something to judge a quarterback off of.
Do you think Sam Bradford will lead the Minnesota Vikings to the National Football League playoffs in 2016?
“He’s got a very strong arm and that’s something we noticed right off the bat, ” said safety Harrison Smith. Currently, 22 of the 53 players on the active roster (as of September 5) were not on it in 2015, a turnover rate of 41.5 percent.
Last season with the Eagles, Bradford ended up completing 65.0 percent of his pass attempts for 3,725 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. If Sam Bradford can help bring this team to the next level during the 2016 season, Spielman could look like a genius for this gutsy trade.
In the blink of an eye, Hill has gone from the Vikings starting quarterback to competing with Bradford for the starting job Week 1 against the Tennessee Titans, but he says he is OK with that.
In order to get Bradford up to speed with the playbook, he’s been putting in long days working directly with quarterbacks coach Scott Turner. Even though the Vikings overpaid for Bradford I like this deal because they can still be competitive and have a chance at the playoffs.
“I think all the pressure is on us”, Boone said, via Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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Sam Bradford can’t remember ever suiting up for a game and not being a starter. The two were teammates with the Rams in 2014, when Hill had to step in for an injured Bradford and start seven games. That was because, as a Minnesota Vikings web site video showed a few hours later, Bradford was already in the Vikings’ practice facility, wearing a team polo shirt and introducing himself to a new fanbase with a familiar businesslike, detached, calm demeanor.
