Teddy Bridgewater to Bronco's for a 6th Round pick

Good move for them. They have a pretty good roster and can either improve it or add a QB (Lance?) to sit for a year.

I don't particularly like Teddy Checkdown but he's a serviceable quarterback on a good roster. They also have no guaranteed money commitment to him past this year I believe.

 

Damn good move for Denver. Douglas really screwed up. Bridgewater could've been part of the Darnold deal, tell them to keep the 6th rounder they sent us and he could've been part of the package for the same price. Then the rookie wouldn't have to start right away

 

Poor guy getting traded for Darnold twice.

 

Teddy wants to be a long term starter in this League, not a one year/few games guy to keep the seat warm for Zach. It's not a good situation as JD explained when he described why he traded Sam. Plus he takes a lot of CAP room, even if Carolina pays for it. We need a cheap 3d string vet at this point who does not need to start, like Hoyer, and we already have Morgan from last year's class as a back-up, which is why he was drafted in the first place.

If anything I am impressed with JD. Panthers basically gave Teddy away for some CAP space and are paying 7 mil for that 6th round pick. We got some real value for Sam. And Teddy played significantly better than Sam last year, and Panthers could not get nearly as much. If Sam of last year shows up, without Teddy in the fold, we may be looking at their 2nd round pick in the draft in 30s range. For Denver situation is different, they wanted competition for Lock, who is a two year vet, and hasn't been a great starter, so Teddy is fighting for long term starting spot there.

 

Panthers trade Bridgewater right now if they think there's a good chance they are taking a QB on the 8. 2 established QB's and a rookie in the room is too many. After the Panthers take the QB they'll have trouble getting any value for Teddy.

 

They got nothing for him anyway. They paid to get rid of him because they have a starter in Sam, and they didn't want a divide in the locker room. I am not sure if they will be drafting a rookie QB this year, but my money is they want to get some weapons for Sam, unless someone they really love slides.

 

Remember when Mac got a 3rd for Teddy? Not too shabby.


Too bad everything else he did was horrendous. Oh well.

 

he looks pretty damn cocky and satisfied with himself in that pic, DarkKnight, lol.

 

Bridgewater needs to prove that he can be a long term starter in this league. He would've been a good place holder as a starter for the draft pick.

He takes up a lot of cap room that we have, for a one year commitment. Nagle is right, he would've been a good player to acquire.

 

He is a good player, but do we really need this situation where a rookie QB is competing with another young guy who wants to be a long term starter? Teddy is just 28 now. He is not at the point where he is a seat warmer for the QB we just gave up 2nd overall pick for. He knows that QB is the future. I just don't think it's a great environment for someone who is vying to be a long term starter nor for the #2 pick. If we already had him, it's one thing, but to bring him in now and create this environment I don't think is a good idea. We need a vet, but the one who understands and accepts his role as a seat warmer for the rookie QB, like a McCown. Teddy is not that guy. He is going to Denver to compete with Lock to be a long term starter. It's all around a much better situation.

 

Borat is correct.

 

Bridgewater is on his fifth team in seven years. He's quite literally the definition of a journey man starter regardless of his age.

The perfect placeholder isn't easy to find. And the good mentors are not good enough to see significant playing time. There's a reason McCown has one good season to his name. Don't be jaded by the fact that you witnessed it.

Not all placeholders need to be old shitty mentor-only types.

 

I am not arguing that he is a journeyman starter. Just that he is 28 years young, was signed to be a starter on 20 mil a year contract, started for Panthers, and is unlikely to settle to warm the spot for a rookie, which will create suboptimal environment. In fact, if you listen to JD's press conference, he said he considered keeping Sam and drafting a QB, but essentially didn't want drama. Getting Teddy would do just that. It's the same reason why Panthers game him away for nothing and actually paid Denver to take him. Sam is their guy now. Just like our guy will be taken at #2.

On top of that we already have a back-up QB. Morgan was drafted 4th round to be a back-up. He sat for a year and is 24 years old now. What we need now is a cheap vet 2nd back-up like Hoyer, and use the CAP room to improve the other areas on the roster.

 

With Courtney Sutton coming back next year I could see teddy putting together a decent season, good enough to keep Denver in qb purgatory. They’ll be 8-9,7-10 fighting for 3rd in their division.

 

So weird

 

Darnold and Bridgewater are two completely different entities. There's a strong conglomerate in the media that think Sam can still be a franchise quarterback in the league and it's simply the Jets that ruined him.

Bridgewater has consistently been the same player every year of his career, in three completely different situations.

There's a lot more "drama" with an incumbent then two brand new players. Sounds like you're in favor of babying the rookie. Scared of a "suboptimal" environment with a respected good guy around the league like Bridgewater.

I believe the story goes that Favre immediately confronted Rodgers about how he's not helping him he's here to win football games. That tough love worked out OK.

 

It was hard to type

 

Teddy was always a game manager, albeit a top of the class one. Then the horrific injury cost him a few years.

Now he's back to doing what he does best, which is to manage the game with minimal errors. If he gets on the right team, one stacked to the rafters with talent, he's going to win a Super Bowl before he's done. Getting on that team is the hard part.

 

I am sorry, but what you are saying just doesn't add up. Incumbent, two brand new - drama will be there, because I don't think Teddy wants to warm up the seat for a rookie, nor be a sub for Sam. "The Panthers spoke with Bridgewater after acquiring Darnold and “allowed him the opportunity to talk with teams to potentially facilitate a trade,’ according to a tweet Tuesday morning by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport. He also wrote that Carolina is “open” to the quarterback returning, “but will give him a chance to have a say in his future.”" Does it sound like someone who wants to be a back-up or warm up a seat? That's why Panthers paid to give him away, and we are in the same boat. JD clearly said in his presser he doesn't want to keep Sam and draft a QB. Teddy here would be same situation or worse. There isn't another reasonable explanation why Panthers gave away a very good back-up player, who was a decent starter for them last year, and paid a huge sum to do so. Are they "babying" Sam?

As far as what I am in favor of, I would like the rookie to start if he is ready. Keep the offense simpler at first. Get a cheap vet, like Hoyer, who will not take up much CAP. Use the CAP saved to get more weapons. If rookie is completely not ready, Morgan or Hoyer can start a few games before he gets more comfortable, but by mid-season the latest I definitely want to see rookie starting, hopefully for many years to come, and Morgan as back-up, with Hoyer as 3d string insurance.