Teddy Bridgewater Reportedly Cleared to Practice by Surgeon Who Repaired Knee

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was reportedly cleared to return to practice by the surgeon who performed the procedure on his dislocated knee, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN:

Mortensen later reported the Vikings will take Bridgewater off of the physically unable to perform list.

Bridgewater missed all of the 2016 season after suffering the injury in August, which required a multiligament reconstruction.

Case Keenum is the team's starter while Sam Bradford recovers from a knee injury that has kept him sidelined for all but part of one game since he suffered the injury in Week 1. According to Rapoport and Pelissero:

"Bradford traveled to New York late this past week to begin Regenokine treatments in hopes of getting inflammation out of his ailing knee, according to sources familiar with the plan.

"The treatments involve drawing Bradford's blood, spinning it down and then re-injecting it into the knee over five or six days."

In Bradford's absence, Keenum has played well, throwing for 1,134 yards and five touchdowns with an interception while completing 64.2 percent of his passes. The Vikings are 3-2 in his appearances and 4-2 overall.