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Heading into this upcoming offseason, the Minnesota Vikings have a difficult task on their hands in deciding the future at the quarterback position. Each of their options, all three of them, are set to possibly find their way on the open market.
One of those players that will be the thick of the conversation is Teddy Bridgewater who is on track to become a free agent for the first time in his NFL career in a few short weeks. Despite that reality, Bridgewater voiced that he hasn't begun to think about what could lie ahead in the 2018 season, according to Michael Rand of the Star Tribune.
“No, I haven’t. Right now I’m just focused on becoming a better person and a better football player. … I’m looking forward to this offseason just training and taking my game to another level,” he said. “I’m healthy. I don’t really like putting numbers on it. It’s all mental. I feel great. I think the doctors wouldn’t have cleared me if I didn’t feel great. It was great that I was able to overcome everything and I’m just looking forward to the future.”
Though young Bridgewater is set to become a free agent, there's still a possibility he'll be under Minnesota's control for another season should GM Rick Spielman and the Vikings go the universally-unaware route of contract tolling. An organization can opt for tolling in relation to a player spending considerable time on the PUP list. Spielman visited with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk recently and discussed the Bridgewater-Tolling issue at hand.
Bridgewater missed almost entirely the 2017 season due to his recovery from a torn ACL and dislocated ankle. He was able to play a little in the tail end of the year, but there still remains much optimism to what he can bring to the table. Several of his teammates have already spoken quite highly of his potential and what he can bring to the team moving forward.
It is not indictment toward Case Keenum, who had a career-best campaign in 2017 while leading the Vikings to their first NFC Championship appearance since the 2009 season. This praise lofted toward Bridgewater at least indicates that there is some strong internal desire to bring back him for another season.
This entire situation only further underlines the tough decision ahead in the offseason that could have a major impact on the team's long-term future.
