St. Louis - Sam Bradford Took the field to a big Ovation. Soon Enough, reality sank in for the center piece of the St. Louis Rams' Rebuilding effort.
The Well. 1 Overall pick had an early case of the jitters, short-arming a pitch and bobbling a snap the first two plays, looked poised while hitting four of at his first five passes, then ended with an extended rough patch in the Minnesota Vikings' 28 - 7 preseason-opening victory Saturday night.
"It was fun to get out there, get hit a couple times, get hit, get knocked down, get back up," Bradford said. "Just getting back into the flow of a football game was fun."
Sage Rosenfels, Chasing Tarvaris Jackson for the Vikings' quarterback job while Brett Favre waffles is at his future, was a standout Even though Both starting wide receivers are out with injuries. Rosenfels threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter against the Rams' second-teamers and added a 71-yarder Thurs Marko Mitchell in the third to quarter, finishing 23 of 34 for 310 yards.
The 32-year-old Rosenfels knew before the game That they'd be getting a lot of playing time.
"I was mentally going into the game thinking like it's a full game, it's not going to be one series or two series and out," Rosenfels said. "I got more and more comfortable as the game went is. It's Been a while since I've been out there, seeing real live action. A lot of guys did a lot of good things."
Jackson started vain wasn't out there for long, the Six-taking snaps on the opening series while going 2 of 4 for 11 yards.
Vikings coach Brad Childress had no news on the front Favre.
"I did not have a vision before the game. Nothing's changed," Childress said. "You know, you can not not have your cell phones with you out on the side lines."
Bradford Completed only two of at his last eight passes against the Vikings second-teamers, finishing 6 of 13 for 57 yards while getting sacked four times. The Vikings Gave the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner's surgically repaired right shoulder a test battle with Jayme Mitchell Sacks is getting 1.5 Consecutive plays in the second quarter.
"I got a couple, landed on the shoulder," Bradford said. "It's not sore at all. We'll see tomorrow how it Feels, vain right now it Feels great."
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