The timing of it in particular was a problem and left the team scrambling to throw something together for their Week 1 contest against the Tennessee Titans. Their window to win it all for the first time in franchise history is still open, albeit not as wide as a week ago.
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So when asked after Bridgewater went down how the leadership void will be filled, Zimmer zoomed right past the accomplished veterans on the roster and wholly embraced the responsibility as his own. Collection locations will be positioned outside of Nissan Stadium to collect donated items, the most needed of which are pencil boxes, paper towels, backpacks, construction paper, notebook paper, art supplies, primary tablets, Kleenex and classroom cleaning supplies.
Bradford was a high school star in Oklahoma City, started all 31 games he suited up for at the University of Oklahoma and has started all 63 times he has put on a uniform in the NFL. Play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton will call the action alongside analyst Chris Spielman.
Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer isn’t tipping his hand.
Bradford has played a full 16-game season only twice in six years.
Hill has started 34 National Football League games, the most recent coming in 2014 for the then-St. It wasn’t an injury that prompted the signing of Josh Freeman by the Vikings rather a 69.5 passer rating by their starting quarterback Christian Ponder and low expectations from their backup Matt Cassel. There were those who supported the move as the first pick would become a big deal in the Eagles’ Super Bowl chances.
THE FRONT FIVE: Some reasons the Vikings were so eager to watch Bridgewater play, and so confident in his continued development, were enhancements to an offensive line that leaked a lot in his first two years. Coach Mike Zimmer, naturally, wasnt ready to declare a starter for Sunday.
Before the trade, the Eagles didn’t have a first-round pick for 2017 when the draft will be held in Philadelphia.
The Vikings expressed confidence in Hill after Bridgewater went down in practice with a dislocated knee, torn ACL and other significant damage.
When Minnesota acquired Bradford in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, it was assumed he would be the Vikings’ starter after Teddy Bridgewater sustained a season-ending knee injury in practice. But that was before the Vikings sent a first-round pick in 2017 and a conditional fourth-round selection in 2018 to the Eagles for Bradford, who nearly certainly will start eventually. Bradford has passed for 14,790 career yards and 78 touchdowns in 63 games.
Shaun Hill has been a quarterback bridesmaid so long, his Vikings uniform was made from recycled jerseys he will never wear again.
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Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson, left, and Chad Greenway talk as they warm up for practice in Eden Prairie on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.
