Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has had decent success as a rookie quarterback in 2014. He has a .500 record through his first 10 starts, while completing 63.5 percent of his passes and posting an 82.7 quarterback rating.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer understood the risk of Bridgewater losing confidence had he struggled immensely as a rookie, but luckily that hasn't been the case.
"I know this guy's got a chance to be the guy for a long, long time here, and what I was nervous about at the beginning of the year was I didn't want to get him beat up," Zimmer said, per the Pioneer Press. "I didn't want to get him gun-shy; I didn't want to get him a bunch of bad outings where he didn't have the confidence and that attitude that he was going to do the things that he's doing.
"The one thing I do know about Teddy is he learns from the experiences he's had. I expect him to continue to improve in those ways. I'm really glad that he's playing."