Vikings Trail Packers 14-10 at Half, Teddy Bridgewater Shaky
By Dan Zinski
Teddy Bridgewater was shaky in the first half of his first-ever start against the Green Bay Packers. Actually, “shaky” might be understating things.
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Bridgewater struggled with deep accuracy issues throughout the first two quarters, and also suffered a severe decision making lapse when he lofted up an ill-advised pass for an interception.
That pick set up the Packers’ second TD of the game, an absurd Aaron Rodgers across-the-body throw to Richard Rodgers in the far corner of the end zone.
The Vikings would answer with a field goal to make the game 14-10 going into the break.
The Vikes’ one TD of the half came on a well-thrown ball from Bridgewater to an open Charles Johnson.
Teddy missed several other open receivers in the first half. That’s become a pretty common refrain the last few games.
The Vikings defensively did some good things early against the Packers, holding them to three straight punts at one point. But you knew Green Bay would eventually bust out and they did, taking advantage of some poor coverage and bad tackling.
Aaron Rodgers didn’t put up the kind of ungodly numbers we’ve seen from him but he was very effective. Eddie Lacy had some tough runs for the Packers as well.
For the Vikings, the offense was headlined by emerging weapon Charles Johnson and running backs Jerick McKinnon and Joe Banyard, with a sprinkling of Chase Ford and Kyle Rudolph.
But despite the Vikings’ mild success against the Packers D, the story of the first half was still Bridgewater’s mistakes. The rookie will have to clean it up and lock it down in the second half if the Vikings want to steal a win against the Packers.