Matt Cassel Wins Vikings’ Starting QB Job

 

Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported earlier this morning that the Minnesota Vikings’ players were informed thatĀ Matt Cassel will be the team’s starting quarterback over first-round pick Teddy Bridgewater.

This probably isn’t a huge surprise as many expected Cassel to win the job.

Going with a veteran out of the gate also takes a large amount of pressure off ofĀ BridgewaterĀ and gives himĀ some extra time to learn the offense. Plus, in the event that Cassel struggles and the Vikings make a quarterback change, the expectations forĀ Bridgewater would likely be more reasonable.

Cassel, 32, hasĀ started all three preseason games and throw forĀ 367 yards while completingĀ 66.6 percent of his passes to go along withĀ two touchdowns and one interception.

Bridgewater has also been pretty good this preseason completingĀ 65 percent of his passes for 266 yards, four touchdowns and noĀ interceptions.

Last season, Cassel completed over 60 percent of his passing attempts forĀ 1,807 yards to go along with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions.

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