The team issued a statement on Friday from director of sports medicine and head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman, revealing that the surgery the day before was performed in Dallas by Dr. Dan Cooper at the Carrell Clinic.
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Bradford was brought in after Teddy Bridgewater suffered a season-ending knee injury during practice. I was able to be present in Dallas, support Teddy and observe the entire procedure.
Sugarman, who was present in Dallas for the procedure, said the fix was “excellent” and will give Bridgewater “every reason to be very optimistic”.
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“He can’t wait to get back here and be around the guys”, Zimmer said.
“If we didn’t have a guy like him, that would make this thing a lot harder than what it is”, Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer said of the NFL’s 2012 MVP.
Shaun Hill will probably take the first snap Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings open their season against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. He wasn’t going to be a big part of the offense during the first week anyway, but it’s gotten to the point where I wonder if he will have much of any impact this year.
From Tarvaris Jackson to Kelly Holcomb to Brooks Bollinger to Gus Frerotte to Donovan McNabb to Joe Webb to Christian Ponder to Josh Freeman to Matt Cassel, the Vikings have failed to find a long-term solution at the sport’s most important position.
Zimmer has been around the league long enough to know that a team’s season isn’t over just because of a poor showing in the opening week. Things were better in 2013, as he recorded 93 yards in the first game of the season, but that was also partially due to a 78-yard touchdown run on the team’s first offensive play of the game – other than that he only ran for 15 yards on 17 carries.
Hill gets the nod over Sam Bradford, who was recently acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles.
“It will be a good rehab”, Zimmer said.
Vikings center Joe Berger signed a one-year contract extension, the team announced Friday. Slay’s best games were against the Packers, not only didn’t he allow a single catch, the Packers barely challenged him, throwing into his coverage just three times total during the regular season. He said Wednesday that some of the happiness that comes with winning the job was lost when the Vikings released Sullivan, a good friend.
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– Vikings fans are understandably eager to get a good look at first-round pick Laquon Treadwell, but expectations should be kept low for Treadwell and the rest of the passing game.
