NFL 2016

[Midwest Spy]

I just got a notification from the Eagles saying they traded Sam to the Vikings.

I look forward to reading your opinion, MS.

All my buddies and I agree.

We like this move.

The options to replace Bridgewater were:

1. Stand pat and do nothing and enter the season with Shaun Hill and an injured undrafted rookie in Joel Stave (U of WI) as the team's QB's. That would've been horrible.

2. Wait until the league's final cutdown day and see if a QB got released. Would've been someone not much better than Hill or Stave.

3. Go make a bold move and take a win-now approach to this season.

Many outside of MN will say the Vikes overpaid for Bradford, and that he's injury prone. The injury history scares me.

However, this is what excites me:

Bradford threw for 3700 yards in 14 games last year for Philly.

This is also the most complete team he will have played for.

To me, the only way this deal really sucks is if he gets injured and is lost for the year.

BTW: he's also signed for 2 years at $10M per, which is a decent number. With the severity of Teddy's injury, we'll probably need Bradford at least 2 years.

Bottom line: I'm now excited about this season again.