Thread: Teddy Bridgewater is the starter

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

Klis just posted this is Fangio's 7th QB in 33 games. Maybe that stat is being shared frequently on Denver radio - but we really have become the Browns... where's that vomit emoji...

We aren’t the Browns. Good grief. Six years removed from a Super Bowl win. They have gone 55 without ever playing in one and before Baker what was the string of quarterbacks? In the 30s. Just stop it. Not the Browns.

And 4 of those were injury/covid replacements. But don't let that get in the way of a good narrative!

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

Klis just posted this is Fangio's 7th QB in 33 games. Maybe that stat is being shared frequently on Denver radio - but we really have become the Browns... where's that vomit emoji...

The only reason why Rypien/Hinton, etc played was because Lock got hurt. Not because he was pulled. Not sure i would compare us to the Browns there.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

And 4 of those were injury/covid replacements. But don't let that get in the way of a good narrative!

Be logical

Originally Posted by dogfish

ugh. . . well, shit. . . i call shenanigans and tomfoolery on this decision! after suffering through orton, trevor, keenum, and flacco, it's impossible to feel any excitement for yet another one-year "quick fix" that won't fix anything. . . once again, we see that the donkeys simply do not have a plan at the most important position on the team. . . you'll never convince me that this decision wasn't primarily about saving vic fangio's job, which is frankly another prospect that i'm unenthusiastic about, to say the least. . .

and yea, i get it-- there's no guarantee at all that we'd do any better with lock. . . i still would have rolled the dice on the possibility of a talented third-year player improving, over a guy whose ceiling you already know. . . don't kid yourself about teddy-- nice guy, sure, but he's a broke man's alex smith, at the very best. . . in a league that's STARVED for quarterback talent, there's a reason this guy was available in the dollar bin in april. . . carolina essentially paid us to take him off their hands, so they could replace him with a guy who's basically the same player as drew lock, if lock had played at USC. . . not a thought that exactly gets me pumped for the season. . . i have little to no doubt that we're going to be right back to square one in the off-season, and that's disheartening when the rest of the roster absolutely looks ready to win right now. . . von's not gettng any younger, and keeping our young talent together is going to start getting very expensive over the next couple of years. . . windows of contention don't typically stay open for very long, and it certainly feels like we're wasting one by playing yet another no-upside journeyman QB. . .

This team for the last three years has been building around Lock's skills, and just when we had achieved that... gotten a better OL, incredible depth at running backs, great secondary, strong DL with some awesome linebackers. the decide to hand the team to a mediocre quarterback that will most likely limit the higher celling of this team.
This is incredible, a monumental stupid error...
If you're too incompetent to develop quarterbacks and don't truly believe in what you're doing, then you've got no business coaching in the NFL

Vic Fangio has had 7 qbs in 33 games lmao

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

Vic Fangio has had 7 qbs in 33 games lmao

He's had 3. Don't be obtuse. Injuries are a thing.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

He's had 3. Don't be obtuse. Injuries are a thing.

Doesn’t matter he’s just chosen to attempt to save his own ass instead of doing what’s best for the broncos and to maximize the lethality of our wide outs. On Hamler is suddenly a non factor, Jeudy going to be running nothing but short stuff across the middle getting blown up, Sutton? No deep stuff down the field going and getting the ball.

Fangio made a huge error and he will pay for it via getting fired when it’s all said and done. If you take him at his word and this thing was even Stephen from start to finish how don’t you go with the upside, the big play’s utilizing what these guys bring to the table.

Watch how teams play us right out the gates. Everything close to the LOS forcing teddy to throw vertical down the field outside the numbers….. will teddy be game? We’ll see but I doubt it. He only threw passes of 20 or more AIR yards a handful of times last year. But maybe things will be different because Fangio jobs on the line

I hated the Lynch pick.
I almost had a fit when the Broncos called in Dirty Sanchez. I suffered through Seimian, and Keenum. I almost vomited when we signed Flacco. I was like "Who the F is that?" when we drafted Lock.

Bridgewater is slightly above meh.
But I'm used to meh. So woohoo!

In this instance, Lock never earned the starting job and certainly lost it based on last year's performance if those 2019 wins "earned it" for him. This team should be able to win games with short passing, a run game, and great defense.

If Teddy becomes a liability and defenses adjust to his limitations, we are very likely to have another Flacco situation on our hands and I would expect Lock to be back in at some point. This isn't the worst thing because it's highly likely Lock will start again by the end of the year.

Good article:

Teddy Bridgewater Is a Safe Choice for the Broncos, but Also Probably the Right One

Vic Fangio could have chosen upside and big-play ability by naming Drew Lock his Week 1 starter, but picking Bridgewater speaks volumes about the coach’s goals for this season

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/8...ock-vic-fangio

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Good article:

Teddy Bridgewater Is a Safe Choice for the Broncos, but Also Probably the Right One



https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/8...ock-vic-fangio

Those clips in there were depressing to watch.

Originally Posted by Jeudy10Hamler1

Doesn’t matter he’s just chosen to attempt to save his own ass instead of doing what’s best for the broncos and to maximize the lethality of our wide outs. On Hamler is suddenly a non factor, Jeudy going to be running nothing but short stuff across the middle getting blown up, Sutton? No deep stuff down the field going and getting the ball.

Fangio made a huge error and he will pay for it via getting fired when it’s all said and done. If you take him at his word and this thing was even Stephen from start to finish how don’t you go with the upside, the big play’s utilizing what these guys bring to the table.

Watch how teams play us right out the gates. Everything close to the LOS forcing teddy to throw vertical down the field outside the numbers….. will teddy be game? We’ll see but I doubt it. He only threw passes of 20 or more AIR yards a handful of times last year. But maybe things will be different because Fangio jobs on the line

If Fangio fails he fails, he is on borrowed time anyway.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Good article:

Teddy Bridgewater Is a Safe Choice for the Broncos, but Also Probably the Right One



https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/8...ock-vic-fangio

Agreed, he is in a win now mode.

Originally Posted by Northman

If Fangio fails he fails, he is on borrowed time anyway.

And with it another wasted year of premium young talent on this team. That’s just awesome...brilliant!