Article: Matt Rhule not happy with Teddy Bridgewater for fumbling at the goal line

[WarPanthers89]

Normally coach gives praise even when players are performing terrible (see Whitehead) so it’s odd that he has called out Teddy 2 weeks in a row. I believe we are absolutely looking for a QB in the draft.

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Panthers coach Matt Rhule was not happy with quarterback Teddy Bridgewater for a costly fumble in Saturday night’s loss to the Packers.

With the Panthers down 14-3 and facing first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, Rhule called for a quarterback sneak. Bridgewater initially got stopped at the line but reached the ball forward, at which point it was knocked out of his hands. The Packers recovered and ran it back all the way across midfield, setting up a touchdown that gave Green Bay a 21-3 lead.

Rhule said afterward that Bridgewater needs to know not to reach the ball out at the goal line unless it’s fourth down.

“We don’t reach the ball over the goal line until fourth down. It’s just kind of a principle. We don’t do it. We never do it,” Rhule said, via SI.com. “You get to the moment and you can’t do new things. You know, you are at Lambeau in December playing a good team. You just have to trust yourself. I’m not talking about just Teddy, but the whole team. That play was emblematic. You talk about dramatic shift. Had he done that on fourth down, I can live with it, just not on first down, especially when I think we ran the ball well when we did run it tonight. That’s just a principle of our team. We don’t reach the ball across the goal line until fourth down.”

Packers coach Matt LaFleur said of Bridgewater’s fumble, “That was the play of the game, no doubt about it.” It was a great play for LaFleur’s team, and a terrible play for Rhule’s team.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/12/20/matt-rhule-not-happy-with-teddy-bridgewater-for-fumbling-at-the-goal-line/

[WarPanthers89]

As bad as out O line looks on paper they are performing DECENT with with no names starting. He has one of the better performing RB’s in the league and 2 1k receivers along with Samuel (arguably one of the best wr groups in the league). It’s not a lack of talent around him.

[Varking]

 

[WarPanthers89]

3 minutes ago, Varking said:

 

[Jon Snow]

Maybe he should focus on the mistake his staff did on evaluating some of his current players.

[top dawg]

Teddy is the Anticlutch.

[Hoenheim]

I firmly believe if we had a good qb in this exact same roster even with all the new players and coaches this would be a 9 or 10 win team instead of a 4 or 5 win team.

If they keep teddy and keep improving the roster (if that's the route they want to go ) , well be a 6-10 to 9-7 ish team and won't have a decent chance at getting a top 10 pick and a premier QB . 

Worst thing they can do is keep him and improve everything else and continue the mediocrity parade that's been going on for 25 years already. 

[imminent rogaine]

I’ve really tried to give Teddy the benefit of the doubt but what good is having a good completion percentage if you still turn the ball over? Especially in the red zone. He has been pretty brutal with that.

[Hoenheim]

8 of the 10 losses we have were by 1 score or less. With a good (not even great, just a good qb) were looking at a probably a 10-4  team instead of a 4-10 team . 

Defense is massively improving might only need a couple more key pieces and some decent role players. Offensive line needs to be rebuilt as well . But the most important piece we are missing is QB.

[4Corners]

Teddy trying to do too much and play hero ball. Get bent. 

[Kuhndog94]

Cam scores there 100%. 

[TylerDurden]

Even Teddy's description of what happened there and why he did it shows he plays scared.  So what if they call out the sneak?  Trust your line to do their job, put your nose in there and score.  

[Gipetto]

I’m done with teddy, Zach Wilson come on down.

[onmyown]

4 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Maybe he should focus on the mistake his staff did on evaluating some of his current players.

Seriously. TB isn’t jumping over any dline LOL. Granted it was stupid to reach over the line but you reap what you sow.

 I am sure Rhule is aware of the issues. The defense actually did better than I thought and the oline wasn’t great but better in the sense they didn’t completely disappear second half of the game.

Leaving in Whitehead until this point was dumbfounding.

The FO is truly  going to have to HATE Lance, Trask and Wilson if they don’t end up drafting one. No doubt they’re taking a hard look at them though.