The Vikings “rare and unique” acquisition of Sam Bradford via a trade with the Eagles just eight days before the season wasn’t made in haste.
General Manager Rick Spielman and the personnel department poured through game film and surveyed which players might be available, then assessed what the Vikings would need to send to another team to land a quarterback in the aftermath of the season-ending knee injury suffered by Teddy Bridgewater on Tuesday.
Spielman, scouts and Vikings coaches had extra insight on Bradford for every snap from his lone season in Philadelphia and his first season (2010 in St.