Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater told reporters on Monday that he “definitely” views himself as a starting quarterback next year.
“Definitely. No question,” Bridgewater said when asked if he views himself as a starter, per Dane Mizutani.
The Vikings are in a position where their top-three quarterbacks are all set to be free agents in the coming months, so they will obviously have big decisions to make regarding the most important position.
It’s not out of the realm of possibility that they could re-sign two of Bridgewater, Case Keenum and Sam Bradford, but the fact that they are all in position to test the free agent market will complicate matters.
Bridgewater, 25, is a former first-round pick of the Vikings back in 2014. He’s currently in the final year of his four-year, $6,849,502 rookie contract and stands to make a base salary of $1,354,023 for the 2017 season.
The Vikings declined to pick up Bridgewater’s fifth-year option that would have cost them $12,198,000 million for the 2018 season, but was guaranteed only for injury and wouldn’t have prevented them from working out a long-term extension.
Bridgewater will now be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career.
In 2017, Bridgewater appeared in one game for the Vikings and was 0-2 passing and threw an interception.
We have him featured in our Top 100 – 2018 NFL Free Agents list.
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