Teddy Bridgewater vs. the Field

[mrcompletely11]

Nobody else is worried about his knee?

[Waldo]

28 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I would take Stafford or Wentz for sure. I do realize that Wentz has a Mr. Glass sort of history, so I can understand being concerned from that aspect.

Wentz is glass and Stafford is vastly overpaid and mediocre+. VS Ted? Ted get's us to point B faster so that was my logic. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Nobody else is worried about his knee?

Would you be worried about the paint on a car that's already been through a demolition derby? His knee is wrecked.

[Panthera onca]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Define "balls out".

 

3500+ yards passing, 2-1 TD to interception ratio, 7-9 or better record.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Wentz is glass and Stafford is vastly overpaid and mediocre+. VS Ted? Ted get's us to point B faster so that was my logic. 

Remove the salary from the equation, that's too tough to compare and it has a lot of factors that complicate it. 

And getting off into the weeds for "what gets us our next QB quicker" is not the intent of this. I am just trying to actually compare our starter to the rest of the league and which QB's specific people would want/favor. 

For me, Wentz and Stafford are very easy choices over Bridgewater. Far superior QB's, although both with big injury red flags.

[mrcompletely11]

4 minutes ago, Panthera onca said:

3500+ yards passing, 2-1 TD to interception ratio, 7-9 or better record.

Yeah, no

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Now do the list with Cam.

[KSpan]

5 minutes ago, Panthera onca said:

3500+ yards passing, 2-1 TD to interception ratio, 7-9 or better record.

Those are low bars to set and don't qualify as 'balling out'. You could grab any number of QBs and hit those numbers, which is the entire point - Teddy is average at best.

[Ship]

Teddy is interesting. Can't say I was much of a fan of Minnesota's offensive personnel when he was there. Obviously AP took the load but the O-line was never that great, not much on skill players, Norv didn't seem to fit there and none of the other OCs did much. Leaned on the defense.

New Orleans had the right system, but in my opinion the Brees style of that system focuses more on the O-line than skill players. With Brees, NO can get away with Thomas and an RB committee. Kamara and Thomas are good, but they are still just two guys. Brees' talent with a strong O-line is the magic. Teddy isn't Brees and while he operated well in the system, he doesn't turn the lesser skill position talent into playmakers when necessary. They've also had a good defense.

Here, Teddy is getting the NO system, but in the LSU style-- which focuses more on a full host of talented akill players. Teddy is going to have 4 fast, talented guys flying around and all he has to do is operate. They will make the plays. The O-line isn't elite, but it will be average. I think because of Teddy's physical talent level, this is the way to go in making the offense successful.

So, my opinion is Teddy this year is going to have a Burrow-lite kind of season and will be considered above average. I think by the end of this season he'll have the edge over all the aging guys who are getting propped up on reputation more than ability and will probably shown better results than the young guys and rookies who are getting the benefit of the doubt because of future expectations.

It remains to be seen how masterful Teddy will become in this system here. There's a chance this setup is his sweet spot and he can make a run of it here for a while. Or, maybe he can't maintain a consistent hold on it for a year plus. We'll see.

[kungfoodude]

6 minutes ago, Panthera onca said:

3500+ yards passing, 2-1 TD to interception ratio, 7-9 or better record.

IDK if I would call that balling other than the record.

For example, would you consider 3600 yards passing, 18 TD's and 9 INT's at 7-9 "balling?"

[Panthera onca]

1 minute ago, KSpan said:

Those are seriously low bars to set and don't qualify as 'balling out'. You could grab any number of QBs and hit those numbers, which is the entire point - Teddy is average at best.

Well he is a JAG, but I could live with those numbers. It just seems like a large contingent of folks on here think he will be Clausen level of suckitude.

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Now do the list with Cam.

Already did. Not gonna open that can up in here. The Huddle can't be reasonable about Cam.

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, Panthera onca said:

3500+ yards passing, 2-1 TD to interception ratio, 7-9 or better record.

Yeah, I will.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Ship said:

Teddy is interesting. Can't say I was much of a fan of Minnesota's offensive personnel when he was there. Obviously AP took the load but the O-line was never that great, not much on skill players, Norv didn't seem to fit there and none of the other OCs did much. Leaned on the defense.

New Orleans had the right system, but in my opinion the Brees style of that system focuses more on the O-line than skill players. With Brees, NO can get away with Thomas and an RB committee. Kamara and Thomas are good, but they are still just two guys. Brees' talent with a strong O-line is the magic. Teddy isn't Brees and while he operated well in the system, he doesn't turn the lesser skill position talent into playmakers when necessary. They've also had a good defense.

Here, Teddy is getting the NO system, but in the LSU style-- which focuses more on a full host of talented akill players. Teddy is going to have 4 fast, talented guys flying around and all he has to do is operate. They will make the plays. The O-line isn't elite, but it will be average. I think because of Teddy's physical talent level, this is the way to go in making the offense successful.

So, my opinion is Teddy this year is going to have a Burrow-lite kind of season and will be considered above average. I think by the end of this season he'll have the edge over all the aging guys who are getting propped up on reputation more than ability and will probably shown better results than the young guys and rookies who are getting the benefit of the doubt because of future expectations.

It remains to be seen how masterful Teddy will become in this system here. There's a chance this setup is his sweet spot and he can make a run of it here for a while. Or, maybe he can't maintain a consistent hold on it for a year plus. We'll see.

Pretty good breakdown. So you are pretty bullish on Teddy with the weapons we have?

My big concern is how he is going to handle getting shelled behind our OL. I think that is going to hamper a lot of that.