Teddy Bridgewater was injured in Vikings practice Tuesday and fans are wondering if the season is already ruined.
Mike Zimmer sat Teddy Bridgewater against the Seattle Seahawks because the QB had a sore shoulder. He played Bridgewater against the Chargers and Teddy performed brilliantly for a half of football.
And that excellent half of football might be the last Bridgewater plays for a very long time.
The worst nightmare of Vikings fans seems to be playing out in awful, gut-twisting slow-motion.
Tuesday afternoon, Bridgewater went down in a heap on the practice field and an ambulance had to be brought out to remove him.
Bridgewater’s teammates knelt around him and some of them prayed.
The Vikings immediately shut down practice and chased the media away. A press conference was planned for 4 PM Central Time.
Expect Mike Zimmer to be in a particularly gloomy mood as he takes the podium to update the public on his quarterback’s condition.
I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself but the reports from the field were not encouraging. It certainly looks like Teddy Bridgewater suffered some kind of catastrophic knee injury.
It was a simple drill and suddenly Teddy Bridgewater had gone down in a heap and was holding his left knee and players yelled in agony
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) August 30, 2016
And that’s how fast a season filled with promise can take a left turn straight into a bridge abutment.
Fans woke up this morning all jacked up for their contending Vikings team to take the field in their magnificent new stadium. And then this happens.
If Bridgewater is badly hurt, it will be Shaun Hill’s team. Will the Vikings make a move for another quarterback? It’s very likely.
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Not very much out there on the free agent wire, but Rick Spielman will have to make something happen. Assuming Bridgewater is going to be out for a significant chunk of time.
All we can do is sit and hope that Bridgewater isn’t badly hurt. Again, accounts from the scene made it seem likely that the injury is pretty serious.