Teddy Bridgewater is officially listed as questionable for Thursday's Vikings/Packers game, after doing some light work in practice today.
While we'd still be stunned if he doesn't play — or at least we're telling ourselves that so Sid won't have ridiculous bragging rights and we won't have to go to his house wearing a Ponder jersey — but questionable is questionable. It's technically 50-50. So we're left with this as a dueling best-case scenario:
1) Bridgewater is 90 percent or better and is able to suit up. The ankle hurts a little, but it's manageable. He performs the same way he did last week, as does the offensive line and running game, while Mike Zimmer's defense continues to give Aaron Rodgers problems. The Vikings win and Bridgewater is an instant legend — gutting out an injury on a short week to move the Vikings to 3-2, a game ahead of their division rivals, with a road win in hand.
2) Bridgewater can't play, and Christian Ponder — somehow calmed and with an all-new "who cares, let's just play" outlook — comes to the rescue. He isn't as dynamic as Bridgewater was last week, but he makes enough plays with his arms and feet to put the Vikings in position to win — and this time, unlike last season, Minnesota is able to muster one final defensive stand to hold on for a victory.
Are we betting on either of those things? We'd bet harder on the first than the second, though we'd be on the underdog side in either case. But football is weird. It will be worth watching, regardless of which QB gets the nod.
