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Dominant Sam Bradford outplays Aaron Rodgers in Vikings debut: 8 takeaways

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Week 2 NFL Recap: Vikings hold on against Packers

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The Minnesota Vikings traded for Sam Bradford two weeks ago in what looked to anyone half-paying attention like an act of desperation. The team had just lost its young franchise quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater , for the season to a serious knee injury, and apparently the prospects of heading into 2016 with 36-year-old journeyman backup Shaun Hill wasn't an appealing one.

So the Philadelphia Eagles fleeced the Vikings, shipping Bradford west for a 2017 first-round pick and a conditional fourth-rounder in 2018.