Zimmer: More recovery needed for Bridgewater

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Interesting and confirms what most of us thought:

Brian Murphy‏ @murphPPress 6m6 minutes ago

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Zimmer on Teddy: "I thought he looked good in practice and moved around well but the reports I got back weren't as positive. There was more recovery to be done." #vikings
On Teddy Bridgewater's knee, Mike Zimmer said he felt the quarterback was progressing well in practice, but the Vikings medical staff had concerns and felt there were limitations. "The reports I’d get back from the medical people weren’t as positive as I was about it," Zimmer said. "That’s kind of how it came down is that his knee wasn’t as…he still has some recovery to do. When I watched him in practice he moved well, I didn’t see limitations but from what I told was there was some."

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Hence the pickle we were in in regards to keeping him...Wasn't ready to compete for starter and when you have a situation like they had with Cousins hitting the FA market? They did what I as a fan expected them to do. Shoot for the moon and don't compromise tomorrow with draft picks ala Herschel Walker. 

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If the medical staff is saying that there are still issues with Teddy's knee, then letting him hit free agency was an absolute no brainer. I'm glad he passed his physical with the Jets and I hope that his knee continues to improve and that he gets paid in the millions. He seems like a great young guy and I wish him luck. But we needed someone with two good knees and that is not Teddy. Or Sam.

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I wish him all the best. 

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@Vikergirl said:
I wish him all the best. 

I think this is really all we can do as Viking's fans. The organization made the right decision for them in letting TB go....it really isn't even a debate. But its very unfortunate how it all went down for Teddy with that gruesome injury. 

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To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in Zimmer for putting this out. All Teddy has done is be loyal to him and the team. I am sure he could have found a way to not provide this detail.
It's great for Viking fans in terms if closure but does not bode well for Teddy, the Jets organization and fans from a PR standpoint. 

On another note I give him props for making it seem like Teddy was ready to takeover if Case faltered. We all believed it.

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@mblack said:
To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in Zimmer for putting this out. All Teddy has done is be loyal to him and the team. I am sure he could have found a way to not provide this detail.
It's great for Viking fans in terms if closure but does not bode well for Teddy, the Jets organization and fans from a PR standpoint. 

On another note I give him props for making it seem like Teddy was ready to takeover if Case faltered. We all believed it.

Agree, why kick the dog?  The dude is gone.  Wish him your best and go on with life.  No need to speculate or tip off other teams that he might not be 100%.  Just say that the organization made a decision to move onto Cousins and be done with it. 

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@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:
To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in Zimmer for putting this out. All Teddy has done is be loyal to him and the team. I am sure he could have found a way to not provide this detail.
It's great for Viking fans in terms if closure but does not bode well for Teddy, the Jets organization and fans from a PR standpoint. 

On another note I give him props for making it seem like Teddy was ready to takeover if Case faltered. We all believed it.

Agree, why kick the dog?  The dude is gone.  Wish him your best and go on with life.  No need to speculate or tip off other teams that he might not be 100%.  Just say that the organization made a decision to move onto Cousins and be done with it. 

Absolutely!

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@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:
To be honest, I am a bit disappointed in Zimmer for putting this out. All Teddy has done is be loyal to him and the team. I am sure he could have found a way to not provide this detail.
It's great for Viking fans in terms if closure but does not bode well for Teddy, the Jets organization and fans from a PR standpoint. 

On another note I give him props for making it seem like Teddy was ready to takeover if Case faltered. We all believed it.

Agree, why kick the dog?  The dude is gone.  Wish him your best and go on with life.  No need to speculate or tip off other teams that he might not be 100%.  Just say that the organization made a decision to move onto Cousins and be done with it. 

It's not like the Jets don't know. Look, there's this little undercurrent of ignorance that is trying to suggest that Teddy Bridgewater was not very good to begin with and that's the reason he's in the position he's in. Could be this is Zimmer's response to that. 

It could also be that this is Zimmer defending himself a little bit for putting Teddy in a game, in harm's way, before he was actually ready. We all know he couldn't wait to get Teddy in a game. "He looked good to me. I didn't see limitations." Either something happened between that game and his deactivation, or Zimmer decided to heed the advice of his medical staff. 

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I think it’s quite obvious the Vikings had more than enough time to evaluate all 3 QB’s 
& detect any & all “flaws”

& Maybe Zim just wanted Teddy fans know it wasn’t anything personal