For Bradford, Vikings Offense Is Like Learning New Language

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — The Vikings kick off the season in three days. Will it be Shaun Hill at quarterback when the offense first takes the field, or the newly-acquired Sam Bradford?

Coaches say the answer to that question has as much to do with the mental side of the game as physical.

Remember what it was like trying to learn a foreign language in high school? That’s what it’s like for Sam Bradford learning a new offense with the Vikings. It might be a lot of the same plays he’s run before, but they’re called something completely different.

“A lot of people run a lot of the same plays, so it’s the verbiage and…