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With Bridgewater Injured, Vikings Will Turn to Zimmer

A disastrous injury to its starting quarterback has left Minnesota with a big question mark. Coach Mike Zimmer turned to a trusted friend to help find an answer. Plus readers react to the Colin Kaepernick-anthem flap

Teddy Bridgewater’s 2016 season ended before it began after the quarterback suffered a noncontact injury to his knee during practice on Tuesday.

Disaster-control class was in session Tuesday afternoon, via cell phone from upstate New York to suburban Minneapolis. The instructor, Bill Parcells, was reminding the student, Mike Zimmer, what he learned in his long apprenticeship as an NFL assistant, including the four seasons Zimmer worked under Parcells in Dallas a decade ago.