Future hall of fame quarterback Brett Favre stopped by Winter Park last month. Hall of famer Troy Aikman visited Wednesday.

Aikman, who led the Dallas Cowboys to three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s, mingled with Vikings coach Mike Zimmer and offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a couple of his coaches during his playing day in Dallas, and chatted with some players during the second day of a three-day minicamp.

“My girlfriend is from out here,” said Aikman, an NFL analyst for Fox Sports. “She’s from Maple Grove. So I came up here with her and my two (daughters), and Norv said they were having camp. So I thought I would come hang out here.”

Favre visited Winter Park last month when he was in the Twin Cities on personal business. It was his first meeting with Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who grew up in South Florida idolizing Favre.

Aikman chatted briefly with Bridgewater on Wednesday.

“We’d met before (at a Vikings practice last August), so he just said hello,” Bridgewater said. “But it was pretty cool having him out here.”

The last time Aikman saw Bridgewater, he was a rookie who had yet to play an NFL regular-season game. Now that he has a year under his belt, most of it as a starter, Aikman believes Bridgewater will be that much better.

“I’m a fan,” Aikman said. “I like him. Having gone through last year, I thought he did a real nice job, especially when all of a sudden you’re without your big back in the backfield (in Adrian Peterson, who missed all but one game in 2014). So this will be a good year for him, having been through the season and knowing what’s required.”

Aikman provides color commentary for Fox’s marquee TV games along with play-by-play announcer Joe Buck. Aikman said they have received their assignments for the first eight weeks of the regular season, and the Vikings aren’t on the list.

“I’m hopeful we’ll get them sometime during the year and have a few Vikings games,” said Aikman, who played with the Cowboys from 1989-2000. “I hope I’m back here.”

That would give Aikman more time to chat with Zimmer, a Dallas assistant from 1994-2006, and Turner, the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator from 1991-93.

“We’ve got a few stories,” Aikman said. “Norv was there just three years with me but obviously was pretty impactful (with the Cowboys winning two Super Bowls). And Zim was there a bit longer.”

Turner said it was “nice to have him around.” Aikman watched from the sideline and from behind the backfield during practice and got a shout-out from Zimmer when the coach addressed the team following the workout.

“Just (Aikman’s) presence, man, was cool,” Vikings cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said. “A hall of famer, a three-time Super Bowl champion, it was just great to have him out here to watch practice.”

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