03-17-2019, 01:57 PM
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
I've seen posts in the past exaggerating Teddy's potential from you, that's why I said that. Zero doubt you are a fanboy of his. But like I said, he's worth rooting for. I just don't think his upside is that big.@StickyBun said:
Fanboy? Is that your passive aggressive way of insulting me, Sticky? Fuck you. Read what I wrote in response to Comet. New Orleans wasn't just the best choice, it was the obvious one. Certainly makes a lot more sense than crafting a juvenile narrative about Teddy not having the guts to play. What are you, 12? Look, I can tolerate haters. I can't tolerate stupid.@MaroonBells said:
MB, I know you are kind of a Teddy fanboy and that's cool, but hes got a lot to prove. I'd like to see him succeed somewhere, he's obviously a great kid. Turning down Miami makes me scratch my head a bit to be quite honest, its his home town and he'd get a shot to start,@comet52 said:
Lock, Jones...doesn't matter, it's the same situation.@MaroonBells said:
Who are they gonna take at 13 that will start as a rookie? The longer Teddy sits the less likely it is that he will ever start or succeed. He's wasting what's left of his prime years.@comet52 said:
Think about it. This isn't rocket science.@MaroonBells said:
Oh right, Teddy could never do something dumb. He's Super-Teddy!@comet52 said:
If I were Teddy I would have just made a friendly deal with Miami and gotten on the field. Once you're there, prove that you're worth a big $ contract. Why sit on the bench especially when you've been sitting there for several years already? Going back to New Orleans for a maybe you'll start someday situation seems like a dumb move, unless he just wants to collect a check and not take the pounding which is a career for some guys at the backup qb position. Yeah, cuz Teddy always seemed like the kind of guy who didn't like playing. LOL. Teddy's not stupid and neither is his agent. Good or bad, right or wrong, there's a reason he's in New Orleans and it may not be clear to everyone right away.
He doesn’t have to be Super Teddy to know that Miami is going to take a QB in the draft, and most likely at #13. If Teddy had signed in Miami for whatever they were offering, and they draft a QB #1, suddenly Bridgewater’s in the exact same position he was in in New York. Before you get a chance to even throw the freaking ball, team has its future QB. And no matter how well you play in the preseason, you’re not it. It’s for that same reason that Tyrod Taylor spurned the Dolphins and chose to be a backup behind an aging QB in San Diego. Same thing happened to him in Cleveland.
If the Dolphins had offered Bridgewater (or Taylor) big money, then that would be different, but they obviously didn’t. They offered temporary starter money, which signaled to Teddy, Tyrod, their agents, and anyone with a brain, that they were going to draft a QB.
Now, which situation do you take? The one where you’re a temporary starter, running for your life on one of the worst teams in the NFL, teaching the ropes to the de facto franchise QB, knowing you have to go through the same damn thing again the following year? Or backup a 40 year old starter on one of the best teams in the NFL (who, by the way, does not have a 1st round pick), playing for a coach who has publicly declared you his future QB?
Seems pretty obvious to me. But who knows, maybe you’re right. Maybe Teddy is just a lazy ass bum who wants to sit on the bench.
As far as Teddy wasting his prime years, he's 26 years old. If he stays healthy, he has another good 8 to 10 years. Maybe even 14. The reason I say that is because he's the same age Brees was when the Dolphins chose a knee over a shoulder, Daunte went to Miami, Drew went to New Orleans and the rest in history. Sounds like that's how it was sold to Teddy as well.
Yeah, I like Teddy and I'm rooting for him. Sue me.
