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Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater played well as a rookie last season, improving as the year went on and ending the season looking like he’s going to be the franchise’s long-term answer. But Bridgewater doesn’t think he has anything to celebrate.

“I wasn’t impressed,” Bridgewater told the Pioneer Press of his own rookie performance.

Bridgewater isn’t going to be happy with any season that ends with the Vikings outside the playoffs, and he said he thinks his team needs to get better at playing well for four quarters.

“Yes, we did some good things as a team,” he said, “but we could have been much better finishing games. That’s what separates championship teams and determining whether you’re playing games in January or watching games in January.”

When Bridgewater looks at his own film, he sees the passes he didn’t make.

“I left a ton of plays out there, whether it was due to poor mechanics, bad ball placements, overthrows, underthrows,” Bridgewater said. “We want to be a big-play offense, and I have to continue to execute and play at a high level to allow our guys to make those big plays.”

Bridgewater is hard on himself, but that’s a good sign. He’s a long way from being satisfied.