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Past success not what it seemed to be
I’ve been hearing it a lot this year and last year when the Saints first signed Teddy Bridgewater. He’s a really good quarterback, maybe great, who caught a bad hand in Minnesota. In his first year with the Vikings, 2014, he was named Offensive Rookie of the Year after coming in and starting 12 games.
You have to wonder how he won that award only accumulating a 6-6 record and throwing for 2,919 yards with 14 TDs to 12 INTs. Seriously, those aren’t very impressive numbers for a quarterback. He did have 209 yards rushing but even then, that’s not earth-shattering. Alvin Kamara had a more impressive rookie season.
Then Bridgewater was a starter for a full season in 2015 throwing for 3,231 yards, 14 TDs and nine interceptions. Again, very pedestrian numbers but he went to the Pro Bowl because the Vikings were 11-5.
None of those numbers are impressive by NFL standards.
The skillset isn’t there
I tweeted during the game on Sunday that Teddy Bridgewater put too much mustard on his passes and had to explain that term to a younger watcher. That’s an old school term meaning he puts too much on his passes. Like putting too much mustard on your Lucky Dog. It’ll make your jaw lock up.
One thing you might have heard a lot of in defense of Teddy Bridgewater following that Rams game was the number of dropped passes. But you have to understand that these players have been catching passes from Drew Brees all offseason.
Drew Brees throws one of the most catchable balls in the NFL. That means he puts just the right amount of heat into a throw to get it softly into the hands, to a point on the field or into the numbers of his receiver. They don’t have to stretch too much. It’s not coming in like a hot potato.
Full article here
Past success not what it seemed to be
I’ve been hearing it a lot this year and last year when the Saints first signed Teddy Bridgewater. He’s a really good quarterback, maybe great, who caught a bad hand in Minnesota. In his first year with the Vikings, 2014, he was named Offensive Rookie of the Year after coming in and starting 12 games.
You have to wonder how he won that award only accumulating a 6-6 record and throwing for 2,919 yards with 14 TDs to 12 INTs. Seriously, those aren’t very impressive numbers for a quarterback. He did have 209 yards rushing but even then, that’s not earth-shattering. Alvin Kamara had a more impressive rookie season.
Then Bridgewater was a starter for a full season in 2015 throwing for 3,231 yards, 14 TDs and nine interceptions. Again, very pedestrian numbers but he went to the Pro Bowl because the Vikings were 11-5.
None of those numbers are impressive by NFL standards.
The skillset isn’t there
I tweeted during the game on Sunday that Teddy Bridgewater put too much mustard on his passes and had to explain that term to a younger watcher. That’s an old school term meaning he puts too much on his passes. Like putting too much mustard on your Lucky Dog. It’ll make your jaw lock up.
One thing you might have heard a lot of in defense of Teddy Bridgewater following that Rams game was the number of dropped passes. But you have to understand that these players have been catching passes from Drew Brees all offseason.
Drew Brees throws one of the most catchable balls in the NFL. That means he puts just the right amount of heat into a throw to get it softly into the hands, to a point on the field or into the numbers of his receiver. They don’t have to stretch too much. It’s not coming in like a hot potato.
Full article here
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