John Madden's coaching days ended in 1978, but today's rookie quarterbacks are still learning from him…or the game that bears his name, at least.

Teddy Bridgewater, rookie quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings, has a bit of downtime these days. Minicamp is over and it'll be another month before the team converges on training camp. So to keep sharp, he's playing a lot of EA's best-known franchise.

Bridgewater tells ESPN he has imported the Vikings playbook into his game, letting him 'practice' against other teams to get a sense of how the defense will react.

"It helps because you get one more rep than you had in practice, actual practice," he said. "Any chance you get to take an extra rep or go the extra step, extra mile, it's going to be very beneficial transferring it to the field."

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