The media has really put the pressure on Vikings rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who had a big day two weeks ago against an Atlanta team that has a 2-3 record and a suspect defense. The Falcons' victories have come against Tampa Bay and New Orleans, two teams that have struggled this year.

I'm not saying that Bridgewater doesn't have great potential, but he will go against the best defensive team he has faced, by far, and have one of the worst running attacks in the NFL behind him, when he plays Detroit on Sunday. Detroit has the top-ranked defense in the league, and the Vikings offensive line will have to have the best day it has had since the Atlanta game if Bridgewater is to succeed.

We will find out how good Bridgewater is Sunday. It's possible that he will go into the game at not 100 percent, because of a sprained ankle that kept him out of the Packers game.

He has been called a franchise quarterback by some media people, but at this point, I wouldn't put him the same class as Francis Tarkenton, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Bridgewater still has to prove himself to be a "franchise quarterback," and I'm one of the media who is cheering for him to become one despite my feeling that Christian Ponder will still wind up playing well for some other team before it's all over.