Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was asked at the NFL Combine in February whether it was true that he was so obsessed with football that he doesn't think about anything else.
"Yes. I eat, sleep and breathe football," Bridgewater responded. "There's not a moment that goes by that I'm not thinking about football whether it's I'm playing a game, practicing, watching film, even on the video game. A lot of people ask me what do I do on the video game. I call it taking virtual reps. Each day, I'm trying to get better. I'm trying to outwork my opponent, outsmart my opponent and just try to be the best quarterback that I can be."
Bridgewater said on Wednesday he's still taking "virtual reps" in the NFL as well. He said video games are so advanced that the defenses in the game are similar to those in real life.
"I try to take as many reps as I can," Bridgewater said. "Whether it's on a video game, playing EA Madden Football or in the playbook, just drawing it or visualizing it in my head, I try to maximize every rep I can get and every opportunity that I can take.
"It helps because you get one more rep than you had in practice, actual practice. Any chance you get to take an extra rep or go the extra step, extra mile, it's going to be very beneficial transferring it to the field."
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*Bridgewater also touched on his deep ball accuracy, which offensive coordinator Norv Turner said has been 'outstanding' so far. It was considered a weakness of Bridgewater by many draft pundits.
"It's just been all footwork – laying it and playing," Bridgewater said on the improvement. "I've been able to watch Matt [Cassel], watch Christian [Ponder] and watch how those guys have had great success throwing the deep ball and try to apply some of the things that they're doing to my game also.
