Teddy Bridgewater: 5 quarterbacks Vikings need to trade for to win Super Bowl
By Josh Hill
With Teddy Bridgewater out, the Minnesota Vikings need to find someone to be their quarterback in 2016, and a trade is probably their best route.
Teddy Bridgewater is out for the season, but the Vikings aren’t dead in the water just yet. After hearing word that the third-year quarterback has a knee that medically shouldn’t still be attached after what happened, the Vikings are in dire need for a capable starter.
Let’s forget the Tim Tebow’s of the world who can be signed in free agency. All of the free agent quarterbacks are absolute garbage. Minnesota needs to rectify this with a trade. But what quarterbacks should the Vikings trade for? How about ones that actually give them a fighting chance and aren’t stupid ideas.
Looking at you, Mark Sanchez.
Instead, let’s start with someone who isn’t that great of an option but one that makes sense. I’m talking about Ryan Mallett, who is current the backup over in Baltimore.
Why It Makes Sense: The Vikings were connected to Mallett going as far back as when he came out of college at Arkansas. Of course, in True Vikings fashion, they picked Christian Ponder. To be fair to Minnesota, Mallett has yet to catch on anywhere. But he is a seasoned backup who has studied under Tom Brady and now Joe Flacco, so you can do a lot worse when it comes to game managers.
Why It Won’t Happen: Mallett is a bit of a head case. He was cut by the Texans for ‘oversleeping’. That’s code for he was too lazy to get up so he could come to work and be Brian Hoyer’s backup. He’s not proven and if he was going to prove himself as a starter, that time has probably already passed.
Proposed Trade: The Ravens aren’t that attached to Mallett but the Vikings would have to offer up at least a fifth-rounder to get him. That’s too steep of a price.
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