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Vikings: Teddy Bridgewater hype going into overdrive

The Teddy Bridgewater hype machine was humming along pretty well before the preseason, but now it's really gotten going.

The Vikings quarterback completed a staggering 82.9 percent of his passes while playing in four of five exhibition games, all of them wins. That blew away the figure of 70 percent Bridgewater said he sets as his goal.

"We here always see Teddy, so we've always known Teddy can do it,'' said Minnesota wide receiver Jarius Wright. "But I think he's starting to open more people's eyes. They've seen how accurate he is and how many completions he's getting.