Norv Turner was interesting, as usual, when he sat down Monday to talk about his future with the Vikings and how the 62-year-old offensive coordinator is excited about finishing the final two years of his current contract before deciding if he wants to head into what would be 43rd year as a football coach in 2017. The story can be found here.

As is normally the case when reporting on a story, there was a lot of information that didn't make the story for space reasons. Today, we'll throw out Turner's thoughts on Bridgewater's arm strength, which tends to be what the rookie QB's critics mention most prominently.

Turner, obviously, disagrees. And when it comes to the ability of some "experts," ole Norv hit a home run when he said, "A lot of people don't know what they don't know."

Turner strongly believes that Bridgewater has the arm strength to make every throw he'll ever have to make in Turner's system. This came up when we were discussing the 24-yard completion that Bridgewater made on the out route to Greg Jennings on third-and-13 in the Dolphins game two weeks ago. Bridgewater threw Jennings open outside the numbers with a perfectly thrown ball he made without having room to step up in the pocket. The ball traveled to a specific spot, 29 yards in the air, to Jennings' outstretched fingertips.

"Every route you have gets completed in a really similar area," Turner said. "So if you're running that deep over route that Greg was running, it usually gets completed in that three- or four-yard square or box that he threw it in. You get comfortable with understanding when to throw it and how to throw it.

"I think that's the thing that people get caught up with seeing a guy with a big arm. But then that guy doesn't know when to throw it or how to throw it. It's like watching a guy at the driving range hit the heck out of the ball, farther than anybody. But then he goes to the golf course and he hits it 20 yards over the green or he shanks it or whatever.

"I just think Teddy has a lot of naturalness to him and when you communicate how you want something done, he can visualize it very easily and he can do what he's asked to do. That's what you want in a young quarterback."

As we wrote today, the importance of Bridgewater being able to stay in the same system and continue working with Norv Turner and quarterbacks coach Scott Turner can't be understated. Young quarterbacks have little to no chance when systems and coaches turn over year to year.

"Teddy has all the key characteristics to be an upper echelon quarterback in this league," Turner said. "He really impressed me with how he played this year and how he continued to improve. He's got great vision, he's got great presence in the pocket. He doesn't get rattled, he's extremely accurate. All the things you're looking for in a quarterback."