Vikings continue to buy time with Sam Bradford while Teddy Bridgewater’s future is in limbo
Minnesota’s starting quarterback Sam Bradford is signed only through the 2017 season.
Bradford said recently he doesn’t think that his agent or the Vikings have been in discussions about a contract extension, either.
“Honestly, I try not to think about it too much just because I don’t have a whole lot of control over it,” Bradford said, via Matt Vensel of the Star-Tribune. “I come in here every day, trying to get better and be the best teammate and best quarterback I can be. And I think that’s all I can really do.”
If Bradford doesn’t knock it out of the park in 2017, the Vikings might decide to move on.
Meanwhile, the team declined the fifth-year option on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. As of now, Bridgewater is expected to miss the entire 2017 season while he recovers from a ghastly knee injury he suffered before the 2016 season. But despite the Vikings declining Bridgewater’s fifth-year option, head coach Mike Zimmer said he is “more optimistic now than ever” about Bridgewater returning and playing.
This sentiment doesn’t exactly support the idea that the Vikings would keep Bradford on board down the road.
Backup Case Keenum is hardly an enticing option at quarterback if the team departs with Bradford and Bridgewater is not healthy to play next year.
Things are status quo for now, but a toxic fog of awkwardness looms.