MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings, who lost starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater for the 2016 season with a severe left knee injury, acquired Sam Bradford in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday.In return, the Eagles will receive the Vikings first-round draft pick in 2017 as well as a conditional fourth-rounder in 2018.If the Vikings reach the NFC Championship Game this season, the conditional fourth-round pick in 2018 will become a third-round pick, according to sources. If the Vikings win the Super Bowl, it will become a second-round pick.The Vikings had inquired about Bradford after Bridgewaters injury earlier this week, sources told ESPNs Adam Caplan, but the Eagles were said to be happy with Bradfords progress this preseason. Talks picked up Friday, but even by Saturday morning, Bradford believed hed be in Philadelphia for the season.My initial reaction was surprise, Bradford said. Its something I really didnt think was a possibility. It kind of caught me off guard, but I think after the surprise, I was quickly filled with excitement for a new chapter and the opportunity ahead of me.General manager Rick Spielman said Thursday night he wouldnt mortgage the Vikings future to acquire a quarterback who might be in Minnesota only for the 2016 season. On Saturday evening, though, Spielman said he believed he hadnt done that with the trade for Bradford, giving two reasons: With eight picks in the 2017 draft, including two in the third and fourth rounds, the Vikings still have the ability to move back into the first round next spring. And with Bridgewaters recovery potentially stretching near the beginning of the 2017 season, the Vikings liked that theyd have another option for 2017 in case Bridgewater wasnt ready.Mortgaging the future, to me, was asking for some of our younger players -- current Pro Bowlers or significant players on this roster, Spielman said. Thats where I said I would not mortgage the future, giving any of the young players that are currently on our roster up. I think everybody knows how we feel about Teddy, but to me, it was just too unique of an opportunity to bring in a caliber of player like Sam Bradford. Going into next year, we have two very talented quarterbacks.With Bradfords exit, first-round pick Carson Wentz is expected to be the Eagles starter if he has sufficiently recovered from his rib injury, sources told ESPN. Wentz suffered a hairline rib fracture during the teams first preseason game Aug. 11 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and did not play in the final three preseason games.The Eagles traded with the Cleveland Browns to move up and select Wentz at No. 2 overall in this years draft.Though the Eagles said they had planned to bring Wentz along slowly, Philadelphias executive vice president of football operations, Howie Roseman, said Wentzs preparation has accelerated the timetable.Our interaction with him and our discussions with him, hes come a long way, even since we got him in April, Roseman said.Roseman added that Eagles brass already felt Wentz would be ready to take over as the teams starter should the opportunity to trade Bradford arise.Hes worked out the last couple of days before he came back to practice and just seeing him with his receivers and his ability to verbalize the play call and, really, his comfort level in that, Roseman said.Despite the praise of Wentzs rapid maturation, Roseman said the Vikings interest is what ultimately led to the move.This was not our blueprint; this was not part of the plan, he said. But as we sit, we have to be flexible, and we have to be able to take advantage of opportunities that give us an opportunity to get where we want to be. Our organization has had a run of success at some point, but we are trying to get that trophy, and to do that, sometimes youve got to do things like this that arent so easy to do the week before the season starts.Chase Daniel?is likely to begin the regular season as the Eagles backup.Bradford re-signed with the Eagles in March to a two-year, $35 million deal with $22 million fully guaranteed. The Eagles paid Bradfords $11 million signing bonus, a source told Caplan, but the Vikings are responsible for the rest of his contract -- $20 million in base salaries and a $4 million March 2017 roster bonus.Bradford now will play for his sixth offensive coordinator, Norv Turner, in seven seasons. Vikings tight ends coach Pat Shurmur was Bradfords offensive coordinator with the Eagles last season and for two seasons (2009-10) with the Rams. Shurmurs input, Spielman said, played a major role in the Vikings decision to trade for Bradford. Roseman gave Vikings director of sports medicine Eric Sugarman, who worked for the Eagles from 2000 to 2005, permission to speak directly with Philadelphias medical staff, and Spielman said the Vikings felt comfortable with the health of Bradford, who has torn the ACL in his left knee twice.Bradford, the first overall selection in the 2010 draft out of Oklahoma, has thrown for 14,790 yards, 78 touchdowns and 52 interceptions in 63 career games, all of which have been starts.He will be reunited with former Sooners teammate Adrian Peterson, who was told of the trade before Saturdays Oklahoma-Houston game.Im pumped, Peterson said.The Vikings had four quarterbacks on their roster, but they waived undrafted rookies Joel Stave and Brad Sorensen, while putting second-year signal-caller Taylor Heinicke on the reserve/non-football injury list. Heinicke could be ready to practice in three weeks, league sources told ESPN, but would not be able to return for the first six weeks of the season.Journeyman quarterback Shaun Hill had taken over as the starter after Bridgewater was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. Spielman would not say whether Hill or Bradford would start on Sept. 11 against the Tennessee Titans, but its believed Hill -- who has been with the Vikings for two years after his 2014 season as Bradfords teammate in St. Louis -- has the edge to start the first game because of his familiarity with the offense. Bradford said he planned to immerse himself in the Vikings playbook on Saturday evening, and if he doesnt start against the Titans, he could be ready for the Vikings Sunday night home opener the following week against the Green Bay Packers.ESPNs Adam Caplan, Adam Schefter, Dan Graziano and Jake Trotter contributed to this report. Cheap Vans Shoes China . 9. 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Or at least it seems that way.You cant blame the reigning Olympic champs if theyre feeling just a little jealous that their little North American brothers have stolen much of the show so far at the World Cup of Hockey.Take Wednesdays double-bill at Air Canada Centre, which featured a juxtaposition of two vastly different styles of hockey: one that lifts fans out of their seats while giving coaches heart palpitations, and the other a clinical, masterful display of how to win games at this level.Which would you rather watch? Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock asked, interrupting my long-winded question after his teams 4-1 win over Europe, knowing very well where I was headed with this.Finally, I asked Babcock (memo to self: shorten your damn questions), How do you compare both situations?Well theyre totally different. I like watching that team because theres tons of skill, Babcock said of the 23-and-under North American gang. I like winning more, though. I just want to win. Thats what our players came for, they came to win.Boom. Thats the crux of it all, right?Team Canada is all business. Its here to win again. The North American kids were brought here to entertain, to give us a glimpse of the sports promising future. But in doing so, theyre scaring the heck out of everyone else.Take Sweden, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, the squad with the deepest and most talented blue-line corps in the tournament. The veteran Swedes were already down 2-0 just 1:35 into their game with the North American kids on Wednesday afternoon, and they might as well have been wearing their jockstraps on their heads because they hadnt touched the puck yet.The ending was wild, too, a thrill-a-second overtime that culminated in?Nathan MacKinnons dizzying dekes to beat Henrik Lundqvist?for the game winner.One could literally hear the buzz in the crowd as fans filtered out of Air Canada Centre after North Americas 4-3 win. They knew they had just seen hockey at its most entertaining.Imagine what it was like being head coach North America head coach Todd McLellan during that OT session.I was standing on the bench, saying, No, no, no! and then Go, go, go! he said of watching his young teams risk-reward, heart-stopping play.Inside Team Canadas dressing room, the back-to-back Olympic champs were also glued to the TV set, watching a version of hockey they likely havent played since their teens.Its a little different mentality, but the entertainment level is pretty remarkable, Team Canada forward Steven Stamkos?said. We caught the overtime before we got things going in the room. That was exciting hockey. I dont think there were any sysstems being played, but it was entertaining.dddddddddddd The fans were into it. Guys in the room were excited to watch it. Beautiful goal to end it. Thats the new wave of the NHL generation thats coming up.When youre the North American kids and youre playing with house money, life is fun. When youre Canada and you havent lost a game in best-on-best hockey in 6? years, the impeccable standard you have set for your team requires surgical precision on both sides of the puck. Mistakes are just not allowed.Theres definitely some differences, two-time Olympic gold medalist Jonathan Toews?said after scoring two goals Wednesday night. I think the amount of pressure on both teams is a little bit different. The North American team, they go out there and they play. They know that even though maybe theyre not as strict with their systems -- if thats the case -- theyre working hard. So if they make a mistake and they turn the puck over theyve got three guys coming back hard.So theyre playing pretty responsibly in that regard. It just looks like theyre having fun, Toews continued. Theyre playing loose and theyre not worried about a thing. When you play that way, then that skill can really be unleashed and were seeing that too. Theyre a dangerous team. Well see what happens in the next few days.If the hockey gods play along and produce a Finland victory over Russia on Thursday, that would propel the North American kiddos into a semifinal matchup against their Team Canada mentors.Come on, you know you want to see it, the vivid contrast in playing styles.Its a little different style than we play, thats for sure, Stamkos said with a smile. Obviously, with Babs and the coaching staff we have, its a pretty detailed system. But theres a reason why Canada has won a lot. The complete buy-in from every player, the attitude everyone has coming in, its very light and confident but its also businesslike at the same time. Were going out and winning this game and we dont care how we do it. We dont care what happens, who scores, who doesnt. Guys are blocking shots, guys are back-checking.You want to be a guy whos doing everything right, and thats something every guy here is willing to do.Translation: Team Canada isnt here to entertain you. Its here to win, baby, win.Id like to be na?ve and argue that perhaps theres room for both -- high-octane hockey like the kids are playing, mixed in with Team Canadas surgical brilliance -- but I think the evidence in the NHL nowadays suggests otherwise.The latter always wins out.Unless, of course, the kids do get to play in the semifinals and produce a Saturday night to remember forever. Wouldnt that be something? ' ' '