Sam Bradford, acquired from the Eagles on Saturday, will have just four practices under his belt but be ready to go in case Hill is injured.

After Teddy Bridgewater suffered a brutal knee injury in practice this week, speculation started about what the team should do at the quarterback position. After all, veteran journeyman Shaun Hill and rookie Joel Stave don't exactly inspire a lot of confidence among Vikings fans.

Trying to take advantage of the situation, other teams have contacted Minnesota to see if it would bite on their trade offers Speaking to reporters before the Vikings' preseason finale against the Rams, general manager Rick Spielman said he's not caving in to poor deals.

“The one thing that I will not do — and I promise you this — is put our organization in a situation where it’s going to inhibit us or hurt us going into the future,” Spielman said, via USA Today. “By that, I mean people are asking for some crazy things. People think that you are desperate, and we are not going to do something that in my estimation, and talking with Coach Zim (Mike Zimmer) and our ownership, that puts us in a situation where we jeopardize the future of this franchise.”

Spielman is essentially saying he's not going to trade future high- or mid-round draft picks in order to rent a quarterback for a season. Bridgewater, 23, is still the future of the franchise, and Spielman expects the young QB to recover from this injury.

Although he says the early offers haven't been great, Spielman isn't ruling out making a trade with someone. He just doesn't want to give up more than he thinks is right. In any case, the GM says the team should have a new quarterback on the roster by Monday.

As for Hill, he's still expected to get the first opportunity at the starting job.

“I don’t think any of our coaches believe that Shaun Hill can’t get us to where we’re going. Our expectation is still the same,” Spielman said. “We also have to do our due diligence to make sure who that backup is.”