The winding road of Sam Braford’s knee injury may have gotten a little longer.

#Vikings QB Sam Bradford is believed to have a bone bruise, source said. They'll see how his knee responds to an injection and go from there — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) September 18, 2017

If his pain and inability to straighten his knee is from a bone bruise, that changes things.

It will heal in time, but it is going to be multiple weeks — easily even six weeks or longer depending on the location or severity.


Draining the knee or injections will not help.

Time is the only thing that will allow Bradford to get back on the field to continue what had seemed such a promising start to his season.

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