Teddy Bridgewater was thrust into action earlier than the Minnesota Vikings would have liked, and the early struggles in the NFL have been compounded by a bad offensive line.
The Minnesota Vikings drafted Teddy Bridgewater with the last pick in the first round. After trading back up to grab the former Louisville product, Minnesota was hoping to have found their quarterback of the future. While the jury is still out on that conclusion, early returns have been tough to say the least.
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NFL writer Greg Auman is doing some scouting of his team’s opponent this weekend as Minnesota is set to travel to Tampa Bay to take on former Bears head coach Lovie Smith. In his research, he was able to find some information in regards to Bridgewater’s interception rate.
In short, Bridgewater’s interception percentage in incredibly high — higher, in fact, than benched Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater's INT percentage is 4.40, higher than Kirk Cousins. Of QBs with 100+ attempts, only Blake Bortles is higher.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) October 21, 2014
There could be a reason for Bridgewater’s struggles, as the Vikings offensive line hasn’t been all that great this season. Football Outsiders currently ranks the Minnesota Vikings offensive line dead last in football when it comes to pass protection. Blake Bortles, the other quarterback Auman mentions, has the second to last ranked offensive line in the league.
With consistent pressure in their faces, both Bortles and Bridgewater have been rushed into throws, and had next to no time to go through their progressions. As Jacksonville and Minnesota look at their rookies futures, they are more willing to ride it out knowing the less than ideal situation.
Cousins’ was quarterbacking behind the 13th ranked offensive line, like leading to his benching being on decision making of his own.
Bridgewater needs to start to work on cleaning up the mistakes, and the Vikings hope that he will. In the meantime, Minnesota will need to continue to figure out all of the problems at the point of attack.
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