Balancing Caution and Assertion for Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater

November 13, 2015   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

The combination of Adrian Peterson and the NFL's second-ranked scoring defense has made it unnecessary for the Minnesota Vikings to win football games with the right arm of quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
While the second-year player has been more a complementary piece to Minnesota's 6-2 start, Bridgewater's head coach and offensive coordinator understand the sometimes frustrating balancing act required of a young quarterback playing with a top running back and stifling defense. 
"Yeah, there’s a fine line there, you don’t want to go crazy because you’ve got Adrian in the backfield, you want to hand him the football some," head coach Mike Zimmer said. "In my opinion, Teddy is a playmaker, and I think we want him to continue to try to make plays with some of these. Sometimes he’s a little bit too much of complementary football, maybe."
Bridgewater can typically afford to play cautiously. Peterson has returned from a lost 2014 season to lead the...

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