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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 104233" data-attributes="member: 217">Teddy Bridgewater suffers 'significant knee injury' in practiceThe Minnesota Vikings held quarterback Teddy Bridgewater out of their second preseason game, in part to avoid any injury exposure. But they couldn’t keep him from suffering a significant and possibly season-ending knee injury in practice on Tuesday.Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Bridgewater suffered a “significant knee injury” in practice, and he could miss the season. Zimmer didn’t know the extent of the injury during his press conference on Tuesday afternoon.Zimmer said it was a non-contact injury.“It was a freaky deal,” Zimmer said.The way Zimmer spoke, it was obvious the team is preparing for Bridgewater’s injury to keep him out the entire season. Zimmer said he had spoken to Bridgewater’s mother “a couple times,” and also called coach Bill Parcells for advice. Zimmer said he and general manager Rick Spielman had already discussed the possibly acquiring a veteran quarterback. He spoke many times about how the team will overcome the injury, and mentioned examples of teams in the past who have lost their quarterback for the season.Bridgewater was taken from the Vikings practice facility in an ambulance. Zimmer said Bridgewater was sedated at the hospital and was getting an MRI.Brian Murphy of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and other reporters at practice said Bridgewater grabbed his left knee and it was immobilized. Teammates “freaked out” and were swearing and praying, Murphy said, and practice stopped.The Vikings canceled the rest of practice, which is incredibly rare for a football team to do because of an injury.“Today is a disappointing day,” Zimmer said. “The No. 1 thing is Teddy is such a great kid. Everybody loves him. They were disappointed and I didn’t think we were going to get much out of practice today.”Veteran Shaun Hill is the Vikings’ backup. When Bridgewater was held out against the Seattle Seahawks in Minnesota’s second preseason game, as a precaution over a reported sore shoulder, Hill got the start.It’s rare for a player to suffer a season-ending injury in practice, especially at the quarterback position. Hitting a quarterback is strictly off limits in almost every NFL practice. Bridgewater’s injury was mostly bad luck, it seems.Bridgewater was a 2014 first-round pick and had some promising moments his first two seasons. His role in the offense was lessened last year because the team leaned on rushing champion Adrian Peterson, but he was still a big part of the Vikings winning the NFC North.“Everybody can count us out, but I think that would be the wrong thing to do,” Zimmer said.Ah man this sucks big time</blockquote>

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