The Minnesota Vikings are without a clear-cut starting quarterback after Teddy Bridgewater suffered a season-ending knee injury, but that doesn't mean they'll mortgage the future to acquire one.

"The one thing that I will not do, and I promise you this, is put our organization in a situation where it's going to inhibit us or hurt us going into the future," Rick Spielman said.

The general manager then added: "By that, I mean people are asking for some crazy things. People think that you are desperate, and we are not going to do something that in my estimation, and talking with Coach Zim (Mike Zimmer) and our ownership, that puts us in a situation where we jeopardize the future of this franchise."