1) Teddy Bridgewater's rise: The Minnesota Vikings had Bridgewater as the second quarterback on their draft board -- behind Johnny Manziel -- but there's a reason why they felt just about as comfortable dealing up to No. 32 to get the Louisville star as they would've in moving to 22 to snag the former Heisman Trophy winner. In part, that was because of what happened during the quarterback's April 12 workout with offensive coordinator Norv Turner and quarterbacks coach Scott Turner. And it wasn't so much how he performed in total as it was how he looked at the end versus the beginning. Bridgewater was able to take the concepts that the Turners were teaching him and apply them on the fly. So within 90 minutes, he had made himself better, even if it was only a little bit. As a result, the Vikings could take that piece of evidence and add it to the dedication he'd grown a reputation for -- Bridgewater had his stuff packed before he left for the draft in New York, with a moving company on call to take it to his new city, so he could get right to work -- and act with conviction in taking a player they believed would keep getting better. The plan wasn't to get him in there quite yet -- the coaches had expected to stick with Matt Cassel for a while longer before a season-ending foot injury landed the veteran on injured reserve -- but there was a belief going into last week's game that the rookie was ready. What they've seen in practice is a player who's quicker with his feet and decisions and is driving the ball better on intermediate throws. And, as for the way he handled jumping into the fire, the steady nature Bridgewater displayed was just what the club expected.