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Welcome to Around the Horns, our daily look at what's happening on the Vikings beat: In the Minnesota Vikings' calculations about whether Teddy Bridgewater will play on a sprained left ankle Thursday night in Green Bay, there's this to consider: The game-time forecast calls for temperatures in the low 60s, with an 80 percent chance of rain. That means if the Vikings are going to play Bridgewater, they'll have to be reasonably confident he can play on a wet surface at Lambeau Field. The Vikings could get a chance to test that out during a light practice Wednesday, when it's supposed to be raining in the Twin Cities. Bridgewater was scheduled to do some running and flexibility exercises for his ankle Tuesday. Wednesday would be his chance to do some throwing and see if he's able to plant on his left foot when he delivers. He'd also get another chance to work in wet weather; Bridgewater played without his gloves during the Vikings' final preseason game on a rainy night in Nashville. Talking about the game on Wednesday, Bridgewater certainly sounded like a man who planned on playing Thursday night. "It’ll be very exciting to be out there on Thursday," Bridgewater said. "You talk about Lambeau Field, the history and the tradition behind that stadium. It’s going to be a great feeling just being able to play in that facility with all of the history that’s behind it." Then again, the last time the Vikings were preparing to play a night game in Green Bay, they led everybody to believe Christian Ponder was ready to start their 2013 NFL wild card game, only to start Joe Webb. It's worth keeping that in mind, too. In case you missed it on ESPN.com:
Bridgewater sounded confident he'd be able to play on Thursday. The Vikings need to do a better job getting off the field on third downs -- and coach Mike Zimmer said it'd help if they "rush smart." Aaron Rodgers said young QBs like Teddy Bridgewater are more prepared to play as rookies than he would have been. Greg Jennings expects to get booed again at Lambeau Field on Thursday, but he says he's happy in Minnesota and doesn't miss Green Bay, ESPN Packers reporter Rob Demovsky writes. At next week's NFL owners meetings, the financial ramifications of paying players who are banned from their teams -- like Adrian Peterson currently is -- figures to be a topic of conversation, ESPN's Ed Werder reports.
Best of the rest:
Cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said he needed to relax and stop trying to overplay his position during a rough outing against the Atlanta Falcons, writes Andrew Krammer of 1500ESPN.com. Cornerback Josh Robinson has rebounded after a "horrible" 2013 season, thanks in part to some help from his wife, according to Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Ponder is getting ready to play if Bridgewater can't, writes John Holler of Viking Update.
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