HASAN: Bridging the Gap in a Post-Teddy World

HASAN: Bridging the Gap in a Post-Teddy World

Written By Arif Hasan (ColdOmaha.com)
Photo Credit: Kyle Hansen

People are not very good at numbers.

That’s something that’s true about humans in general, and sports fans in particular. That’s fine; I’m bad at understanding numbers as well, but for the sake of accurate commentary I try to overcome it as often as possible.

The reason I bring this up is because I’ve been seeing a lot of it with regard to Teddy Bridgewater and Shaun Hill.

The loss of Teddy Bridgewater as a result of a gruesome knee dislocation has sent Vikings fans and the beat scrambling for a replacement at quarterback that can dispossess Shaun Hill of the starting job, in part because of how awful Hill looked in training camp.

It has also generated the opposite response: that there will be virtually no difference.

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