Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater released a statement for the first time since suffering his season-ending knee injury in late August.
The Minnesota Vikings have a talented roster in 2016, but are going to have to make do without starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater all season long. Bridgewater suffered a gruesome knee injury in late August, dislocating his knee and tearing his ACL.
This injury was of the non-contact variety. Some of his teammates could barely stomach the ghastly knee injury. Bridgewater needed immediate medical attention to ensure that he would be able to save his leg.
On Thursday, Bridgewater released a statement for the first time since his knee injury coming earlier in the week.
Teddy Bridgewater releases statement: "My purpose will not be denied." #Vikings pic.twitter.com/DLdWf6787c
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Bridgewater thanked everybody in the Vikings organization for the overwhelming support he has received these last few days. He appreciates people praying for him, but believes that this 2016 Vikings teammates have what it takes to do well this fall.
Bridgewater would go on to say that he draws inspiration from his mother, who fought breast cancer when he was playing in college at the University of Louisville. He would end his press release with the following powerful sentences: “My faith is strong, my faith is unwavering, and my vision is clear. My purpose will not be denied.”
His road to recovery will be an arduous one. Though he is not going to play a down for the 2016 Vikings, Bridgewater can and still will be a leader for this football team.
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He seems to have the right mindset to take on the physical and mental challenges he is certainly going to face in months of intense rehabilitation. Bridgewater may be out for the year, but he’s not going to let this gruesome knee injury slow down his promising NFL career.