Bridgewater completed 25 of 36 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown in Thursday's 23-20 loss to the Cardinals, but he lost a fumble on the final drive of the game.
The Cardinals went all out to stop Adrian Peterson, leaving Bridgewater with at least a handful of easy completions off play-action, though he did also make some more difficult throws. He notably led an 11-play, 88-yard touchdown drive to tie the game at 20 in the fourth quarter, and then brought his team in range for a game-tying field goal in the final seconds. Bridgewater finished his otherwise impressive night in the worst way possible, but it was still a promising performance on the whole. He has an easier matchup against the Bears in Week 15, but with Adrian Peterson likely to have more running room, Bridgewater's volume could very well drop back down to its usual miserly level.