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The Teddy Bridgewater Injury Is an Awful Thing

The Minnesota Vikings could have won a Super Bowl this year.

The Minnesota Vikings can no longer win a Super Bowl this year.

That’s the reality Vikings fans are facing after news broke Tuesday afternoon that the team’s quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater — legendary Family Feud contestant and “small hands” fighter — suffered a non-contact knee injury that will put him on the shelf for the duration of the 2016 NFL season (and possibly beyond).

Tuesday morning, Minnesota thought it was a team built for a trip to Houston in February.