You Can Have One or Another, But You Can't Keep Both

The Minnesota Vikings are very thankful for always having a quarterback who is ready to play. Minnesota defeated the Lions pretty handily on Thanksgiving, making them look like serious threat in the NFC. After the win, the whole team was celebrating an out of the corner of my eye, I saw Teddy Bridgewater, happy. But is he?

Teddy is a good quarterback and we all know it. We all know he deserves to to show us his abilities again. The one thing in his way, Case Keenum, keeps on winning and understandably Zimmer doesn't want to mess up the magic. There's two things we know about Zimmer, he likes to win, and he likes Teddy Bridgewater. What should he do?

Well in a perfect world, the Vikings could keep both Teddy, and Keenum. Hell they still have Bradford waiting to prove his abilities in the coming weeks. But as everyone knows, we do not live in a perfect world. Remember when Alex Smith went down for the 49ers, and this no name QB came in and proved he was a legitimate franchise QB. Yeah, that guys name was Colin Kaepernick. Even though his career isn't where he probably wanted to be, he's still a good quarterback. Anyways, the 49ers, I imagine, wanted to keep both of them, but both of them wanted to be starters. So what do they do? They traded Smith, began life with Colin, and moved on.

This situation sounds super familiar with the one going on up in Minnesota. They have two good QB's but only one starting spot. Of course you could trade Bridgewater for a 2nd round pick and move on with Keenum. This seems like the most logical thing to do. But is it the smartest? Keenum, even though he is playing REALLY well, is unproven. Just a year ago, he was struggling with the Rams, and he has been cut twice in his career. There have been so many quarterbacks who have had a few good games or a good season, get a starting spot and/or a massive quarterback and have just absolutely sucked. That's the scary part about Keenum.

Another thing the Vikings could do is trade Keenum to a QB hungry team for a draft pick and have Bridgewater captain the ship. Hell, maybe Keenum goes to the Jaguars and just absolutely sucks. Then, for the Vikings, it would be an obvious win. But what if he gets traded to the Jags, and he does just as good as he is doing now, and Bridgewater struggles coming back to the game that almost ruined his career, even his life. That's the scary part about Teddy.

The smartest thing the Vikings should do is put Teddy in. He doesn't have to start, but how will they know if he is going to be their franchise QB if he doesn't play. Will the Vikings do it? Probably not, because they don't want to ruin their season. But the NFC North is so far behind that its probably worth the gamble to try out Teddy and see how it works. If Teddy is good, keep him. Zimmer believes in him, Minnesota believes in him, and everyone believes in him. Trade Keenum for a 3rd rounder, hell some teams may even give them a 2nd rounder, and move on. Oh yeah, I forgot about Sam Bradford. Well, he probably stays on the Vikings because nobody would want his injury ridden shoulder. The Vikings could also get really lucky and trade Bradford, keep Keenum as the back up and have Teddy start. But what's better, a 2nd/3rd round pick or a unproven Case Keenum? So Minnesota, you can have one or another, but you can't keep both.