Thread: Teddy Bridgewater is the starter

Originally Posted by Buff

It was Teddy's worst game of the year, the L is pretty much on him & Shurmur -- and his style of play is extremely frustrating. He is risk-averse to a fault. So I'm not sitting here trying to be a Teddy apologist... My point is merely that Teddy is better than Heinicke at all of those stats - and so your subjective comparison is just wrong, and it's undermining the point you're trying to make... Just as it does when people bring up Drew Lock.

Teddy has enough flaws in his game that we don't need to resort to hyperbole to critique him.

I won't argue with you - if that's your opinion then fine, that's great.
Air yards/yards per completion are pretty normalized numbers now to compare QBs.

It's not just something I'm making up here.

I’ll take Teddy Bedweter over Heinousky, all day/every day.

Originally Posted by Tangerine

I hate this saying, but it’s trying to shove a square peg into a round hole. They get 3 flashy, big play receivers, then pair them up with a QB who rarely throws to receivers. I think Teddy has only had one 1000 yard receiver his whole career, DJ Moore last year, who had 1193 yards.

Even then, Moore’s best game last year was the game PJ Walker started (127 yards). An undrafted, XFL QB, making his first start, threw to the teams best receiver more than Teddy ever did. Pretty telling stat.

Wow, we need to explore this stat … even if you’re off a smidge it’s still a pretty telling stat.

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

i dont blame teddy, this is what this guy has been since he was drafted by Patton on the Vikings.

I blame the people who think this is the goal. Fangio, Patton, Shurmur. Even Joe Ellis.

If we had hire Shnny this garbage wouldn't be happening.

They all need to go, i dont care if Patton has a few good draft picks. He is completely inept in other areas of management.

I’m not so sure, the Shanatan’s love their game managers.

Originally Posted by Helios

I won't argue with you - if that's your opinion then fine, that's great.
Air yards/yards per completion are pretty normalized numbers now to compare QBs.

It's not just something I'm making up here.

I agree, they are pretty normalized.

Air yards per pass 2021 --

12. Teddy Bridgewater - 8.1
17. Taylor Heinicke - 7.6

Yards per completion 2021 --

19. Teddy Bridgewater - 10.9
25. Taylor Heinicke - 10.5

This is why it's difficult to have an objective conversation about Teddy sometimes.

Originally Posted by Buff

I agree, they are pretty normalized.

Air yards per pass 2021 --

12. Teddy Bridgewater - 8.1
17. Taylor Heinicke - 7.6

Yards per completion 2021 --

19. Teddy Bridgewater - 10.9
25. Taylor Heinicke - 10.5

This is why it's difficult to have an objective conversation about Teddy sometimes.

That's cool - so why does he play like checkdown charlie so often?

Originally Posted by Helios

That's cool - so why does he play like checkdown charlie so often?

Because he bolstered his stats the first 3 weeks and has been downhill since. Look at his stats from the last 3 games, horrendous

Originally Posted by Buff

I agree, they are pretty normalized.

Air yards per pass 2021 --

12. Teddy Bridgewater - 8.1
17. Taylor Heinicke - 7.6

Yards per completion 2021 --

19. Teddy Bridgewater - 10.9
25. Taylor Heinicke - 10.5

This is why it's difficult to have an objective conversation about Teddy sometimes.

You e got to be kidding!
Do you actually watch any football games?
I don’t know how a Twitter post can Trump what you’ve seen...

Lol people still arguing over this shit.

Originally Posted by Helios

That's cool - so why does he play like checkdown charlie so often?

No, sorry, that's not how this works... Your entire line of reasoning just got thoroughly and completely debunked - you need to just take your L and go sit on the bench for a while.

If TB’s terribleness isn’t enough suffering for you already, watch Jeudy’s effort to make a tackle towards the end of this play.

Originally Posted by Buff

No, sorry, that's not how this works... Your entire line of reasoning just got thoroughly and completely debunked - you need to just take your L and go sit on the bench for a while.

Nah, I'm enjoying how you're trying to prove Bridgewater is not captain checkdown charlie.
And no, nothing got debunked. I was specifically talking about Heinicki's game against the raiders and that's why I put up the video of his throws from that game and how it's about the mentality of a QB choosing to make longer and more difficult throws.

You're the one who took that specific post and started talking about his entire season's worth of play instead of looking at the context of this past weekend.

Originally Posted by Helios

Nah, I'm enjoying how you're trying to prove Bridgewater is not captain checkdown charlie.

teddy isn't captain checkdown. . . more like lord commander checkdown. . .

Would it bother people to know that Drew has an even less yd per pass completion rate or no? Lol

Originally Posted by Northman

Would it bother people to know that Drew has an even less yd per pass completion rate or no? Lol

Drew sucked last year.

I was more interested in seeing whether he could figure it out this year in the slim chance that his on the field play could match his talent.
Neither QB is worth the sweat of my balls frankly.