MINNEAPOLIS -- In the NFL echo chamber -- where controversial quotes can live for days, if not weeks -- Mike Wallace's remarks in his introductory news conference with the Baltimore Ravens will likely be interpreted as a direct shot at Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. After agreeing to a two-year, $11.5 million deal with the Ravens on Tuesday, Wallace shot down the idea that he'd return to Minnesota following his release last week, and seemingly pinned the reasons for his ambivalence toward the Vikings on Bridgewater.
"When this process started, I knew I wasn't going back to Minnesota.