With one play in overtime on Sunday, Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater both beat the New York Jets and showcased a likely pivotal moment in his growth as an NFL signal caller.
“We just had a call on that was an answer to beat the blitz,” Bridgewater said of his 87-yard game-winning TD toss to Jarius Wright, via Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune. “And you know Jarius did a great job of finishing the catch-and-run. The offensive line did a great job of getting out front also, setting the whole thing up with Greg Jennings and Kyle Rudolph in there.”
Bridgewater finished 19-of-27 for 309 yards, with two touchdowns against one interception on a throwaway Hail Mary chuck. However, it's his audible to set up his winning strike to Wright that made all of the difference.
"We just had to see what the defense was doing, and I had the option to check out of the play that was called because the play we were calling, we would have been pretty much unprotected with the blitz they were bringing,” Bridgewater said. “It was just an answer to beat their blitz, and it was one of the checks that came with the play.”
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