Teddy Bridgewater Presser Transcript

[Jeremy Igo]

QB TEDDY BRIDGEWATER

 

Opening Statement

This is a tough one. Hats off to Chicago, they played a good game. In a game like the one today, you’ve got to make sure you maximize every opportunity. All you ever ask for is a chance to go down and score, tie a game up or win a football game and the defense did just that, gave us a chance and we just didn’t finish it. We’ve just got to get better moving forward, learn from today, watch the tape tomorrow and just try to keep moving forward.

 

RE: His last two throws of the game

I think fourth down we just missed the throw, it’s all us. We’ve got to just execute better. Then the defense gave us a chance at the end of the game with a stop and we turned the ball over. So, it was just two situations where, great football teams capitalize in those situations and they take advantage of it, and we didn’t do that today.

 

RE: How much the Bears defense contributed to the Panthers struggles today

Hats off to those guys, they have a good defense and they executed their game plan well. For us, we’ve just got to find ways to get back on track. We were knocked off course from the opening kickoff and it was like we never really got back on track, so we’re going to learn from today. Like I told some of the guys in the locker room, this game can humble you so I think a game like today is good for us. We can learn from it – never want to experience what happened today again – and try to move forward.

 

RE: How much the Bears pressure got to him today

Those guys had a good rush plan and they played some good coverage too, so you credit those guys for doing what they did well. We’re going to watch the tape tomorrow, see some of the things we can improve on and go from there.

 

RE: Issues in the red zone

We’ve just got to be better. That’s all it is. When we get down there, we’ve just got to be better. We want to make sure we fix it next week.

 

RE: What the Bears defense did to stifle the passing and running game

They just had a good game plan. Those guys up front did a good job of running their games, rushing the passer, clogging up holes in the run game. We’ll watch the tape tomorrow and see what else they did well and some of the things we didn’t do well.

 

RE: Struggling with the run game in the red zone

We’ve just got to be better and we’re going to continue to just find out what’s going wrong when we get down there. We want to make sure we’re scoring touchdowns and not settling for field goals. We want to get better and we’re going to make sure we continue to put emphasis on scoring touchdowns in the red zone and not settling for field goals.

 

RE: Issues on third down today

I really feel like we didn’t execute well today. We could sit here and point out red zone, third down, not running the ball, me having to run, things like that, but it just comes down to execution. We didn’t execute well. We didn’t play our best football. We have guys on this team who can make plays, guys who step up and make plays and they’ve been making plays all year, but we just didn’t execute well today. And when you play a good football team, the margin for error is very thin and I’m pretty sure we learned that today.

 

RE: If there is anything he can put his finger as to why the team was out of sync today

No. We’ve just got to find a way when things aren’t going the way we expect it to we’ve just got to find a way to feed off our defense or find our own energy and that’ll take care of itself. Moving forward, like I said, like I’ll keep saying, today was a learning experience for a lot of guys. This game will humble you and I’m pretty sure it humbled a lot of people today.

 

[TDAllDay]

Missed opportunities amirite? 

[Wolfcop]

Beaten by a better team. We were fortunate to have a shot at the end. If CMC is on the field it may have balanced the talent gap to a point that we could have pulled off the win, but we lost to a good team yesterday. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Wolfcop said:

Beaten by a better team. We were fortunate to have a shot at the end. If CMC is on the field it may have balanced the talent gap to a point that we could have pulled off the win, but we lost to a good team yesterday. 

Yep. Mike Davis is doing an admirable job, but there was a few plays yesterday where he only gained a few yards that CMC would've broken for big plays. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep. Mike Davis is doing an admirable job, but there was a few plays yesterday where he only gained a few yards that CMC would've broken for big plays. 

I'd say yesterday should probably shut down the "we're fine without McCaffrey" talk (it was dumb to begin with).

The one question I have with regard to Bridgewater though is why all the "we". I'd say at least a few of those "we's" should be "I's".

[TheCasillas]

13 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'd say yesterday should probably shut down the "we're fine without McCaffrey" talk (it was dumb to begin with).

The one question I have with regard to Bridgewater though is why all the "we". I'd say at least a few of those "we's" should be "I's".

Ive noticed this in many interviews this year, and I am starting to feel confident this is something that they are taught to say by the current staff. I've noticed a lot of the players using "we" and the coaches using "I" ... I am hoping this is a culture thing.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, TheCasillas said:

Ive noticed this in many interviews this year, and I am starting to feel confident this is something that they are taught to say by the current staff. I've noticed a lot of the players using "we" and the coaches using "I" ... I am hoping this is a culture thing.

Sounds plausible.

Not sure it was entirely appropriate in some parts of this presser though.

[TheCasillas]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Sounds plausible.

Not sure it was entirely appropriate in some parts of this presser though.

appropriate? I mean it is a mentality of a culture...  We might be the only people in the world actually focusing on him saying we instead of I, hahaha.

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

Ive noticed this in many interviews this year, and I am starting to feel confident this is something that they are taught to say by the current staff. I've noticed a lot of the players using "we" and the coaches using "I" ... I am hoping this is a culture thing.

I get that, but "we" didn't miss a throw.

[PantherPhann89]

The Bears simply executed better in all aspects of the game. Teddy didn't have enough time at times and the receivers couldn't create separation, exceed pass was challenged, even our quick slants...

[TheCasillas]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I get that, but "we" didn't miss a throw.

You don't get it then.... lol.

The whole point of Rhule's philosophy is that it doesn't come down to one player. He even mentions this in his post game presser when Chinn is brought up. Good or bad, it's a team mentality, and a team effort. Coaches take stake in bad outcomes.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, TheCasillas said:

You don't get it then.... lol.

The whole point of Rhule's philosophy is that it doesn't come down to one player. He even mentions this in his post game presser when Chinn is brought up. Good or bad, it's a team mentality, and a team effort. Coaches take stake in bad outcomes.

And that's fine if it's Rhule talking, or when you're making statements like "we didn't execute" or "we didn't play our best". But if a receiver were to say "we dropped a pass" or a runningback said "we fumbled", it sounds goofy because those are individual acts.