EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- A day after his return to the Minnesota Vikings' practice field was documented with team-issued slow-motion video and dramatic music, Teddy Bridgewater was not at the first Vikings organized team activity that was open to the media on Wednesday.

Bridgewater, general manager Rick Spielman said, was attending a previously-scheduled doctor's appointment as part of his rehab, so the brief video the Vikings released still stands as the primary visual indicator of where the quarterback is at in his rehab from the left knee injury he suffered last August. Spielman would not discuss specifics of how many passes Bridgewater can throw at this point, say whether the quarterback is ahead or behind schedule or offer a timetable on when he might be able to return. But the GM said Bridgewater is able to start dropping back and throw as part of his rehab.

"He is not cleared for practice, so I want to make that perfectly clear," Spielman said. "Basically, [what he did Tuesday is] what he's been doing, except we're able to do it on the field now as part of Phase 3 [of the team's offseason program]. That's part of his rehab protocol at this point."

Spielman said the Vikings "will continue to monitor" Bridgewater's progress. "As it goes, day to day, can he do a little bit more?" Spielman said. "I don't know where that's going. We'll just take it a day at a time."

The Vikings put out the video, Spielman said, because "I knew it was going to be a question of, 'Why is Teddy not at practice?' We wanted to at least put something out there to show this is part of his rehab, and part of his rehab program. It gave you guys an opportunity -- because you weren't going to be able to see it today -- to see what he was able to do yesterday."

Would it be right for fans to be optimistic about Bridgewater's health?

"Well, I mean, Teddy's working extremely hard, and he's trying to get back after such a devastating injury," Spielman said. "We'll just wait and see as it progresses."