Teddy Bridgewater to return for Vikings in week 6
After Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was inactive for Thursday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, which the Vikings dropped 10-42, head coach Mike Zimmer said Bridgewater will be back for their week six contest against the Detroit Lions.
This comes from Vikings beat writer Chris Tomasson that said via Twitter that Zimmer said Bridgewater will be back next week.
Zimmer said teddy back for Detroit
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) October 3, 2014
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Bridgewater was inactive for the Vikings with a sprained ankle, leaving them with Christian Ponder, the third string quarterback. Matt Cassel is on the injured reserve with broken bones in his foot. Ponder had no played prior to Thursdays game this season. He finished 22-for-44 with 222 passing yards and two interceptions in the loss.
Bridgewater has thrown for 467 yards without a touchdown or interception in two games this year.
According to Zimmer, Bridgewater will return for a key division game against the 3-1 Detroit Lions.
Bridgewater was drafted 30th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft to the Vikings out of Louisville where he finished his junior year with a 71 percent completion percentage, 3,970 yards and 31 touchdowns. Bridgewater is 1-1 in his NFL career after a 20-9 loss to the Saints in week three and a 41-28 win over the Falcons in week four.
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