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September 7, 2016   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

The Minnesota Vikings are getting tested in Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season.
The loss of Teddy Bridgewater appeared to ruin their season last week. Bridgewater tore up his knee in a non-contact portion of the Vikings practice, and that meant their improving young quarterback was done for the year.
The Vikings did not cry about their loss for a long time. Instead, they made a bold move by acquiring Sam Bradford from the Philadelphia Eagles. They are asking him to keep their hopes and dreams for a championship season intact.
It's never easy to win on the road in the NFL, particularly with a quarterback who just arrived and will have nothing but a crash course in the Vikings offense and a few practices under his belt.
While Shaun Hill has been in place, we fully expect Bradford to be under center on Sunday. While his main job will be to avoid mistakes and hand the ball off to Adrian Peterson, he will have to come through with a few key throws.
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