Vikings QB Bridgewater cleared to play vs. Raiders

“It matters at the end of the year, that’s the only time I care about it”, he said. “Mad at ourselves because we left a lot out there”. But he also has a firm grip on reality. That could hurt Wallace’s production even more now that the quarterback has more targets to work with while Peterson continues to thrive while preparing to face a tough defensive front from the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders are 4-4, battling for a wild card spot in the AFC with the Denver Broncos three games ahead already, while the Vikings have themselves at 6-2, tied for first place right now in the NFC North with the Green Bay Packers. The replay officials looked at it and upheld it. I don’t know how they did. This week, the team with the better record has lost more games than it won, and the betting favorite is a dismal 2-10 (pending Arizona-Seattle and Houston-Cincinnati). They are growing up, becoming a legit contender, right before our eyes.

Through his rookie season with the Raiders, he struggled to adjust to playing in the NFL.

While Captain Munnerlyn, Chad Greenway and Linval Joseph were the team’s leading tackler, the old man Terence Newman played like a “new man” and was the clear standout.

Shaun Hill replaced Bridgewater, knocked out by a shot to the head from Rams cornerback Lamarcus Joyner, though it was Adrian Peterson who had a greater impact on the 21-18 triumph. Just like the Peterson we’ve always known.

Injuries aside, this matchup features two teams with intriguing contrasts – Minnesota, with its stingy defense vying with Oakland’s ascending offense.

Only bad thing was Patterson heading over to the crowd after the play to pump up a few Viking fans. Now that Peterson’s back, that growth has continued – with Bridgewater the best reflection of that. He was sacked four times, hit at least another half-dozen times and flushed from the pocket repeatedly while mimicking the exploits of a Hall of Fame predecessor with the Vikings, scrambling Fran Tarkenton.

On a brighter note, the remaining five players listed in this week’s injury report are all expected to take the field. This is hardly something to be taken for granted with a young quarterback in the National Football League, but it’s one of the key traits that makes Bridgewater special. “He’s a great kid, and the team likes him a lot”.

“He’s so careful with the football”, Zimmer, beaming, told USA TODAY Sports.

Minutes after that workout, Turner was one of the coaches who shrugged about Bridgewater’s showing, contending that any concern about mechanics would be an easy fix.

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That wrapped up the scoring for the first quarter, and Minnesota added to their lead early in the second quarter on another field goal by Walsh. In the receiving end, Stefon Diggs had 42 yards in three receptions. Derek Carr looks like the real deal, and so far is much further along in his development than fellow 2014 draftees Bridgewater, Blake Bortles and Johnny Manziel.

After a heartbreaking loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers returned the Raiders to.

The second-year quarterback Derek Carr has thrown a total of 19 touchdown passes and has thrown four TD passes in each of his two previous contests.

But not all them. Bergstrom missed the entire 2013 season with an injured foot and was a healthy inactive for all 16 games last season.

“I tried to box him out”, Newman said. “Why not mix it up?” Peterson rushed for 203 yards on the day-80 of which came on a fourth-quarter run to seal the victory.