Good Breakdown on Bridgewater (reddit)

[*FreeFua*]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/4fo4xt/oc_in_defense_of_teddy_bridgewater/

Good read on Bridgewater's time in Minnesota that debunks a few narratives that continue to be put out there. Bridgewater takes a lot of flack for his supposedly lack of deep ball throws but a lot of that has had to do with the offenses he has played in. The post on reddit was posted in 2016 so how did Teddy fare with the deep ball in 2019?

Teddy had a deep ball rate (a ball that travels more than 15 yards in the air) of 12.2%, while Brees had a 15.9% rate - not much of a difference. On throws that travelled more than 20 yards in the air (which is what the deep ball project now classifies as a 'deep throw') the deep ball accounted for 6.6% of Teddy AND Drew's passes. Teddy had a 38.5% completion % on his deep throws while Drew had a 36% completion %. 

Using The deep ball project's data (https://brickwallblitz.com/2020/02/21/the-2019-20-deep-ball-project-part-1-3/) 

In 2015 The Deep Ball Project classified a 'deep throw' as a ball that travelled more than 15 yards in the air. Teddy went 34/76 on deep throws with a 44.7%completion rate, while being accurate on 40/76 (52.6%). The deep ball accounted for 17% of Teddy's throws. For comparison Cam Newton during this same season went 40/100 on deep throws (40% comp rate), accurate on 52/100 (52%), with the deep ball accounting for 20.2% of his passes. It'll be very interesting to see what Teddy can do with an actual deep threat in Robby Anderson versus PFF's 101 ranked in 2015 Mike Wallace. It's not so much that Teddy doesn't throw the deep ball rather than his passing attempts being down in Minnesota due to their scheme. The percentages were a pleasant surprise. 

Teddy's lack of touchdown passes in Minnesota? Read the reddit post above first to get a better understanding of the situation in Minnesota. Their OL in 2015 made ours look good which also hindered his ability to get off deep shots. Plus they led the league in seven step drops *cough* Norv Turner. But to add to it, Minnesota ranked 32nd in pass attempts per game in 2015. Teddy ranked near the bottom of the league in red zone passing attempts with only 42 (Peterson led the league in rushing this year fyi). In 2014, Minnesota ranked 22nd in passing attempts per game with Teddy only throwing the ball 25 times down in the red zone (72% completion rate which led the league). Again, for comparison, in only 5.5 games this past season with the Saints, Teddy had 25 passing attempts in the red zone (7 touchdowns). Teddy was tied for 4th in the league with a 64% red zone completion percentage. You can quickly see why his touchdown numbers were down in Minnesota as they were a run first team where as Payton was throwing more. Teddy in his career has a 25:2 td/int ratio in the red zone, he takes care of the ball down there.

People bring up Teddy's arm strength just like they do with Burrow and thats OK. What Teddy may lack in arm strength he makes up for with his ability to throw with anticipation and timing. In 2015...

 

The Teddy as of right now is a good QB and people seem to forget he has only played 2 full seasons before 2019. He is still young and growing as a quarterback. He has busted his ass to get the chance to start again. The 5.5 games he played in New Orleans last year were his first meaningful game snaps since a playoff game in January 2016, where Walsh shanked a chip shot for the win. Teddy came in and showed he still has all the traits that had most people believing that Minnesota had found their franchise QB. Knowing the type of offense we're planning on running with the weapons we have while Joe Brady calls the plays... I feel like we should be more excited about the Bridgewater signing than most of us seem to be. Bridgewater is a leader, makes good decisions, is accurate, has good field awareness, understands defenses and coverages and most importantly, he's a winner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[*FreeFua*]

Teddy’s ability to keep his eyes down field while avoiding pressure is also something that he’s shown the ability to do throughout his career 

 

Timing throws continue to be a strength

And he is good at going through his progressions. Cook was his 3rd option on this touchdown below

 

[WarPanthers89]

After watching Allen last year people will love Teddy after a couple games. CMC will make anyone look good, and with a decent QB who protects the ball, along with someone else who can beat single coverage, we will be in good shape on offense.

[45catfan]

Really the only people hating on Teddy are the Lawrence/Fields crew.  How dare he play hard and win enough games to take us out of the Lawrence/Fields sweepstakes!  I was listening to a podcast from some panthers fans today that aired last week and their conclusion was the same:  the only Panthers "fans" hating on the prospects of a decent season (considering this rebuild) are the folks clamoring for one of the top couple QB prospects next year.  Rhule is trying to compete and signing Bridgewater was the first step in that direction. The podcast guys predicted 6 or 7 wins.

[LinvilleGorge]

The anti-mediocrity (I'm the President) is also not very fond of Teddy.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Good stuff 

[*FreeFua*]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The anti-mediocrity (I'm the President) is also not very fond of Teddy.

Teddy/the offense won’t be the reason why we go 6-10 this year or whatever we go. With our defense being mostly rookies I don’t expect we’ll be stopping many if any teams this season.
 

Teddy is definitely a QB a team like us will be able to win with in a couple of seasons if this draft class ends up being legit. 

[MMA]

Teddy is a JAG. Seems more and more like he’s the best QB to help us suck. 
 

[MMA]

1 hour ago, WarPanthers89 said:

After watching Allen last year people will love Teddy after a couple games. CMC will make anyone look good, and with a decent QB who protects the ball, along with someone else who can beat single coverage, we will be in good shape on offense.

Without CMC, this offense could very well be dead last. I’m not sure why many fans seem to think that we have a great receiving corp. 

[stirs]

Them analytics

[LinvilleGorge]

34 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Teddy/the offense won’t be the reason why we go 6-10 this year or whatever we go. With our defense being mostly rookies I don’t expect we’ll be stopping many if any teams this season.
 

Teddy is definitely a QB a team like us will be able to win with in a couple of seasons if this draft class ends up being legit. 

Looking at his contract structure, he's likely gone after two seasons.

[stirs]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Looking at his contract structure, he's likely gone after two seasons.

6-10 or 7-9, depending on whether NO rolls over in their last game.

The next season with a bit of experience on our D, we are wild card contenders.  There you go, the Polyana take of the day.

[*FreeFua*]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Looking at his contract structure, he's likely gone after two seasons.

[*FreeFua*]

 

 

This is what Teddy dealt with in 2015.

Still managed to keep his eyes downfield somehow