Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater seems optimistic about playing this season but declined to speculate on when and if he might return in a sideline interview during a 30-9 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.

Out since suffering a torn ACL and dislocated knee during an Aug. 30, 2016, practice, Bridgewater was asked by KMSP-Channel 9 about perhaps playing this season.

“You know, God is good, and I never lost faith,” he said. “(My teammates) have been great in just continuing to reassure that everything’s going to be all right. At the end of the day, I’m able to stand on the sideline with these guys and root these guys on.

“The guys ask me, ‘Man, how you have so much energy tonight?’ and I’m like, ‘Hey, I feel like I’m out there playing.’ ”

The Vikings must trim their active roster from 90 to 53 on Saturday and are expected to leave Bridgewater on the physically unable to perform list. That would mean he will be unable to practice or play for the first six weeks of the season.

Head coach Mike Zimmer told Fox Sports last week there’s “a possibility” that Bridgewater could return this season, and told reporters this week that first he must “be able to protect himself on the field and be able to do the movements that are required by his position.”

Bridgewater, a first-round pick in 2014 who led the Vikings to the playoffs in his second season, told KMSP that he remains involved in the day-to-day operations of the team while rehabbing.

“It’s a grind you know, and I love it,” he said. “You embrace it. Every day is a new challenge, and I’m motivated by these guys. I come to work, and I have my days where I feed off those guys’ energy.

“Every day I come in and start with the training staff and go through our meetings, do some therapy. Go on the field, do some more work, finish up with some therapy, maybe get a workout in or something. Go home, come back tomorrow and do it again.”

For now, he said, he wants to help the team in any manner he can.

“This game just means so much to me that whatever I can do to make an impact, whether it’s on the field or on the sidelines, that’s my purpose,” he said.