The Teddy Bridgewater era is set to commence in Minnesota thanks to an unfortunate injury to Matt Cassel. According to reports, Cassel suffered a broken foot in Sundays loss to the Saints.
Mike Zimmer says Matt Cassel has several fractured bones in his foot.
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Cassel is likely to miss and extended amount of time. Asked if Bridgewater was his starter moving forward, Zimmer replied: “That is correct.”
Bridgewater won’t have Adrian Peterson to lean on, so the pressure to perform will be on him.