The Minnesota Vikings overhauled their quarterback room this offseason, allowing Case Keenum, Sam Bradford, and Teddy Bridgewater to hit free agency and signing Kirk Cousins.
The Vikings had reservations about each of the three quarterbacks that saw time under center in 2017, but their questions about Bridgewater were more physical than anything.
Speaking at the coaches' breakfast at the league meetings in Orlando on Tuesday morning, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer shared that he and the team's medical staff were concerned about Bridgewater's surgically reconstructed left knee and felt he still had limitations.
"The reports I'd get back from the medical people weren't as positive as I was about it," Zimmer said, according to ESPN's Courtney Cronin. "That's kind of how it came down is that his knee wasn't as ... he still has some recovery to do."
Bridgewater missed the entire 2016 season after he shredded his knee in practice on a non-contact play weeks ahead of the regular season.
He was finally cleared to return in Week 10 of last season but only threw two passes in spot duty.
"When I watched him in practice he moved well, I didn't see limitations, but from what I (was) told, there was some," Zimmer said.
Bridgewater signed a one-year, $6-million deal with the New York Jets on March 13 that will likely see him back up Josh McCown. The Vikings, in turn, signed Cousins to a fully guaranteed three-year, $84-million contract.
