MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former Minnesota Vikings Teddy Bridgewater has earned the starting quarterback job for the Denver Broncos, the team announced Wednesday.
Bridgewater, whom the Broncos traded for earlier this offseason, beat out 2019 second-round pick Drew Lock for the starting job.
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The Vikings drafted Bridgewater with the last pick in the first round of the 2014 draft. He represents one of the great what ifs in Vikings history, as a knee injury during 2016 training camp temporarily derailed his career.
The Vikings let him walk after signing Kirk Cousins in 2018, and he spent two years backing up Drew Brees in New Orleans before starting 15 games last season for the Carolina Panthers.