The Saints traded for Bridgewater

[Sam Mills Fan]

Per Schefter and Rapoport's Twitter

Ouch

[doogy902]

power move

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

Smart, assuming they didn't give up the farm. Let him learn under Brees for a year or two.

[saints4lifeagain]

[trucpfan]

The Saints know you need an above average back up just in case you need a game for any various injury.

[CarolinaSunday]

Well. Crap.

[Sam Mills Fan]

I look at it like this: trading Bridgewater to be a backup is a god tier move by the Saints. But if they're thinking that Bridgewater is going to Brees possibly in 2019, I'm not worried about that in the slightest.

The chasm between Teddy Bridgewater and Taylor Heinicke is pretty massive though.

[luke nukem]

of course

[Shocker]

2 minutes ago, saints4lifeagain said:

[Jon Snow]

Interesting.

[saints4lifeagain]

This is a great move. Been needing an heir to Brees for a while. Bridgewater is as good of a replacement as you can ask for.

[Rags]

Okay but also why would we get Teddy B when he and Norv already didn't click super well?

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

8 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

I look at it like this: trading Bridgewater to be a backup is a god tier move by the Saints. But if they're thinking that Bridgewater is going to Brees possibly in 2019, I'm not worried about that in the slightest.

The chasm between Teddy Bridgewater and Taylor Heinicke is pretty massive though.

I doubt they think he'll be Brees but he could very well be a top 10-15 starter.

[UpstatePanther]

Eh. I'm as worried about this as others seem to be. Let them have him. He woulda been a good backup here, but Cam has proven very resilient. If we lose Cam, our season is probably over no matter who the backup is. 

Just not something I feel like wringing my hands over. Especially when resources we might have used to secure Bridgewater can now still go toward some OL pickups after cuts.