Keyboard warriors have sharpened their tridents and they're hunting the tundra for Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who has sidestepped scorn better than the rush during a regressive second season in Minnesota.
You cannot play the most scrutinized position in professional sports without shouldering collective failure, and Bridgewater is absorbing plenty for commanding an offense that reeked of junior college inferiority in Sunday's 38-7 loss to Seattle.
He was drafted to bury Christian Ponder's malfunctioning popgun, not exhume the shattered remains.
Yet here are the Vikings once again, in the thick of playoff contention facing tough questions about their quarterback and shrink-wrapped scheme.