Getting into a “rhythm”, as Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater referred to it following Sunday morning’s walk-through, is important for any player in any sport. “Sometimes you want to see things happen, but when you’re seeing things that means you’re too late”. He designed specific plays for McKinnon including jet sweeps, short crosses, and quick-hitting runs up the middle. For Peterson, the best move is to give him a break and to allow the rest of the offense to get used to a future that eventually and inevitably will include Peterson not being a member of the team.
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“I want to be an image of coach Zim”, Bridgewater said of his blunt-talking coach, “and I’m going to make sure that I try to do that”.
Locke had six punts for a net average of 41.0 yards in three indoor games last season – at Detroit, Atlanta and Arizona. “It goes back to me having that aggressive mentality while being relaxed physically”. “They understand coaching them hard is just getting them where we need to be”. Receivers Cordarrelle Patterson, Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen were among the receivers there, working with Bridgewater.
The average depth of a Bridgewater pass was just 7.5 yards, a figure which ranked 32nd among 36 quarterbacks that took at least one-quarter of their team’s snaps in 2015, per Pro Football Focus.
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Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, left, fixes offensive lineman Joe Berger’s jersey during the afternoon workout at the team’s training camp at Minnesota State University in Mankato on Monday, August 1, 2016. Rudolph was unavailable for most of Bridgewater’s rookie year because of injury. Peterson also played through a sports hernia during the last half of the 2012 season. “But I have no idea how long it’s going to be”. “I know there’s a lot of talk about where we were ranked in pass offense and a lot of different things and how we were one-dimensional”, he said. “It was actually kind of amusing because I told them ‘you know, you have helmets on, you know you’re hitting helmets, not one of you is going to feel a lick at all”, Munnerlyn said. Patterson was in immediate pain after the play but appeared to be in good spirits later. “I would love the chance to be featured more, but that’s up for the coaches to decide”.
