“Although the recovery time will be significant, we expect Teddy to make a full recovery”, Vikings trainer Eric Sugarman said in a statement.
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The Vikings have a preseason game on Thursday night before opening the regular season on September 11 at Tennessee. “This incident does not and will not define me, and I know that I am the one who will have to prove that to others in the days ahead”. If they give away their backups and then their starter goes down with an injury they are in a worse scenario than the Vikings now are.
“Everybody can count us out but I think that’d be the wrong thing to do.”
Peterson’s recovery from the torn left ACL he suffered on Christmas Eve 2011 against Washington was remarkable. In the unforgiving environs of the NFL, Bridgewater’s future will hinge on how quickly and effectively he returns, not the esteem in which his teammates and coaches hold him.
News that Minnesota Vikings quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater, tore his ACL and dislocated his knee has a lot of fans grieving. Regardless, general manager Rick Spielman will be scrutinizing veteran options the rest of the week.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer ended practice after Bridgewater went down.
“Eventually, I hope that everyone can see who I really am and that I am not a bad person”.
Hill is now 36 years old, and it is safe to question whether or not his body will be able to hold up over the course of a 16-game regular season. “So I feel like we’re still able to have a balanced offense and we’re just going to go from there”. He had a ideal passer rating in Minnesota’s first exhibition games, going a combined 18-of-23 for 253 passing yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions through Week 3. “We’re going to figure out a way”.
Bridgewater missed the second preseason game with a sore shoulder, but was very sharp on Sunday against San Diego.
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Zimmer also put the situation in perspective. “But the process is you have to move on”. Teddy was taken to a local hospital, where he underwent tests to determine the extent of the injury, including an MRI. It means that those players who are on the roster fringe are going to be pushing hard during this game to not only get playing time but to produce in a big way. You just can’t plug a guy in, especially at that position and just say, ‘OK, this is easy. “But he was in great spirits”. Moments later, an ambulance pulled into the team’s Winter Park headquarters.
