Teddy Opens up About Carolina (CBS)

[Manna]

You mean the redzone situation where you missed a wide open DJ Moore in the end zone for a TD? Yeah, we gotta fix that alright, and we have…by trading you away. 

[ncstatekwi]

Ummm Teddy should just shut it because he is talking the talk when we know he ain’t walkin the walk!!

Edited May 13, 2021 by ncstatekwi

[Rocky Davis]

I think Rhule and the "rookie" Panthers coaching staff probably did do things very differently during the "pandemic" season, I don't think that is lost on any of us.

I will say that Teddy has been in the league since 2014 with the Vikings, Jets (short stay), New Orleans, and the Panthers.  He has never shown the ability to get the ball downfield consistently via a deep throw, has plenty of tape where he's made poor red zone and 2 minute drill decisions, and the cherry on top for me is my lasting memory of him throwing a 5 yard pass on 4th and 11 or 12 in a late season game during a two minute drill.  I don't care if the team NEVER practiced two minute drills, Teddy has been a Pro QB since 2014....does he really continue to lack the situational awareness to NOT throw a 5 yard dump pass in a 4th and long situation?  Hell I've never played QB in organized football in my life, but if you put me out there and told me the situation you can be damn sure I am going to throw the ball FARTHER than the sticks in that situation whether I've had 2 minute drill practice or not.  (I won't even go into detail on the missed red zone opportunities with DJ and his infamous QB "sneak" fumble of epic proportions)

My point is, even with what he defines as a "lack of time spent on red zone and 2 minute drills in practice" Teddy continued to make poor choices that a real QB1 wouldn't make.  He said he "wears big boy drawers," but his play makes it look like he had Underoos tailored for his grown ass.

[Khyber53]

17 hours ago, TheRumGone said:

As an organization, there's things you can do better as well," he said. "I'll just say this, for (offensive coordinator Joe) Brady's growth, that organization, they'll have to practice things in different ways. One of the things we didn't do much of when I was there, we didn't practice two-minute (situations), really. We didn't practice red zone ... (But) I'm appreciative of the opportunity and I just keep it moving."

 

I have a very hard time believing this

Actually, when you look at our red zone and two-minute drill work last year, it's kind of hard to not go, "Ohhh, so that explains it." 

I've watched and thought Brady has some stuff that has carried over from being part of high-powered college teams that hasn't translated to the NFL. In college at LSU he was pretty much into throwing mad bombs and having receivers that were much, much better than most of the defenders they faced. Red Zone? That's something they'd be in for minutes of the game. Two-minute drill? Why they were never behind with the game on the line. In New Orleans, don't worry, Brees has this. Here, we need those fundamentals. 

One of Brady's biggest things that I think is a handicap is that he was often calling the offense from the sidelines, rather than from up in the coach's box where he could see the lay of the field and how defenses were setting up and reacting. Total non-pro thing that handicapped him and you could see it.

I think he can be a great OC, but there's some transformation that I hoped he has grown into before we get out on the field (or practice field) this year.

[TheRumGone]

1 minute ago, Khyber53 said:

Actually, when you look at our red zone and two-minute drill work last year, it's kind of hard to not go, "Ohhh, so that explains it." 

I've watched and thought Brady has some stuff that has carried over from being part of high-powered college teams that hasn't translated to the NFL. In college at LSU he was pretty much into throwing mad bombs and having receivers that were much, much better than most of the defenders they faced. Red Zone? That's something they'd be in for minutes of the game. Two-minute drill? Why they were never behind with the game on the line. In New Orleans, don't worry, Brees has this. Here, we need those fundamentals. 

One of Brady's biggest things that I think is a handicap is that he was often calling the offense from the sidelines, rather than from up in the coach's box where he could see the lay of the field and how defenses were setting up and reacting. Total non-pro thing that handicapped him and you could see it.

I think he can be a great OC, but there's some transformation that I hoped he has grown into before we get out on the field (or practice field) this year.

If teddy were good at those things on prior teams I’d probably believe this. But he’s been really bad at them across multiple teams 
 

brady obviously isn’t perfect and needs to work on some things but these criticisms sound really convenient to deflect blame on what teddy has historically been bad at. And teddy has shown he’s all about deflecting blame. 

[Khyber53]

13 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

Teddy rightfully gets crap for coming up small time and time again. But why does everyone give Brady the benefit of the doubt? There's no question he needs to get better at situational playcalling. Is it really unfathomable that a coach, who's biggest prior experience was spending a single year as the passing game coordinator for a college team that was literally unchallenged the entire year, might not have fully developed his situational playcalling? And then he had to make the huge leap into the pros in the middle of a pandemic without anything close to a normal offseason to prepare? I think he'll do a lot better this year with more experience and hopefully a qb better equipped to execute plus a healthy CMC, but he left a lot to be desired in 2020. 

This 100%.

[Harbingers]

9 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Rhule takes the high road of course. 

High road is a good thing but not acknowledging practices could be better is concerning. When you think about it, it was not just teddy who sucked at the two minute drill. In fact it started quite nicely and dropped off as the season went on, that tells me teddy is most likely right in this instance. 

[IceUpSon2001]

Teddy could be lying to try to take some blame off himself but, he is also accepting blame so that doesn't seem likely. We did not look good at the end of games last year. 0-8 in games where we had the ball with a chance to tie or win. It was mentioned that sometimes Teddy would not get the call in time for the snap. That was the excuse when he fumbled the ball on the goal line. He did not have the call and ran a play. Joe Brady went from passing coordinator at LSU to OC in the NFL. He probably did not do some things well. Let's hope they get it together this year.

[ladypanther]

Disappointed in Teddy for this and some of his comments during the season. Makes me pull for Darnold to succeed even more.  He has shown to be the real guy with class.

[Smittymoose]

25 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

Disappointed in Teddy for this and some of his comments during the season. Makes me pull for Darnold to succeed even more.  He has shown to be the real guy with class.

Yep, for all we heard all offseason last year about how great of guy Teddy is, he has really proven to be a twat. 

[CarolinaLivin]

[saX man]

This whole "great professional" shtick is so old with Teddy.  There are plenty of great professionals in the league that don't throw their former employers under the bus publicly for their own problems.  Doing everything wrong in the nicest way possible isn't endearing, it's called being a loser.

Edited May 13, 2021 by saX man

[saX man]

1 hour ago, ladypanther said:

Disappointed in Teddy for this and some of his comments during the season. Makes me pull for Darnold to succeed even more.  He has shown to be the real guy with class.

Exactly.  Having someone like Cam who was under the public eye for so long makes this even clearer. He openly admitted when he needed to step up and threw the team on his back--then look at this limp d*ck in Bridgewater.  No teams seem to mind him leaving and it's for a reason.  He's "professional" in doing absolutely nothing and furthermore threw his coaches under the bus now during the season and now after his tenure.  Publicly.

It tells you something about Darnold when a large chunk of NYJ still wanted him there and believed in him.  Same goes for the guys who played with him.

 

Edited May 13, 2021 by saX man

[blackcat]

I don't put much stock into what Mr. One Touchdown In The Fourth Quarter says at this point.