How Teddy Ends Up Back In Minnesota
https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/2/10/21131736/espn-teddy-bridgewater-returns-minnesota-vikings-scenario
One thing going for Teddy, even after the gruesome knee injury, he still moves better than Cousins.
He'd make a better backup than Mannion though that's not saying much! Don't believe he would want to be a backup.
Don't start again please.
Teddy is a nice guy and a damn average QB. He will always be the nice guy but not a true franchise guy in my eyes. If or when this current QB failure plays itself out I want a fresh start not a restart/rehashing. Draft the next one and hope after 2 decades it's the right fit at the right time.
@"suncoastvike" said: Don't start again please. Teddy is a nice guy and a damn average QB. He will always be the nice guy but not a true franchise guy in my eyes. If or when this current QB failure plays itself out I want a fresh start not a restart/rehashing. Draft the next one and hope after 2 decades it's the right fit at the right time.
You don't have to worry. The odds of Teddy coming back to Minnesota are somewhere between zero and none. But I disagree with you about him being a franchise QB (whatever that is). There are a lot of things I like about Teddy's game, but the thing I like the most (and the stats bear this out) is that he plays best under pressure. He's going to make some team very happy in the next few years. But it won't be in Minnesota and it won't be in New Orleans.
Miami doesn't seem sold on Tua...Flores coaxed 5 wins out of that team after offloading lots of young talent...if players want to play for their hometown...zero state income tax doesn't hurt...
teddy wins. This year, with talent around him, he beat Chicago in Chicago and Seattle in Seattle. Say what you want about stats, dude is clutch.
he did enough to beat Seattle in the playoffs
damn shame about his knee, who knows what 16,17,18,19 look like with a healthy Teddy, cap room, a first round pick, Foles not going to Philly because we took Sam, ughh
@"suncoastvike" said: Oh yeah I forgot all them things... :3Don't worry, we're not all drinking the Teddy Train koolaid. And I was like the 2nd person here to go All In on drafting him and defended him vociferously for years. I've seen enough now to know I don't want him back here in this particular system.
@"Skodin" said: teddy wins. This year, with talent around him, he beat Chicago in Chicago and Seattle in Seattle. Say what you want about stats, dude is clutch.he did enough to beat Seattle in the playoffs
damn shame about his knee, who knows what 16,17,18,19 look like with a healthy Teddy, cap room, a first round pick, Foles not going to Philly because we took Sam, ughh
Agree. More than pushing off, more than wide left, more than bountygate, more than wide left II, more than Foles, Teddy's knee was, in my opinion, the greatest of all the injustices this team has had to endure.
@"suncoastvike" said: Don't start again please. Teddy is a nice guy and a damn average QB. He will always be the nice guy but not a true franchise guy in my eyes. If or when this current QB failure plays itself out I want a fresh start not a restart/rehashing. Draft the next one and hope after 2 decades it's the right fit at the right time.
Teddy is 16-5 in his last 21 starts so I am pretty sure “your eyes” are wrong. Really tired of the bs about Teddy being a nice guy “but”. its more like Teddy is a nice guy “and” he is a great QB! He’ll be lifting up the Super Bowl MVP one day and some will still be throwing shade.
@"Skodin" said:Thanks for that reminder. Now I need a new monitor.damn shame about his knee, who knows what 16,17,18,19 look like with a healthy Teddy, cap room, a first round pick, Foles not going to Philly because we took Sam, ughh
I thought there was a no trade clause in Cousin's contract? so the whole base of the write up is wrong.
@"JR44" said:@"suncoastvike" said: Don't start again please. Teddy is a nice guy and a damn average QB. He will always be the nice guy but not a true franchise guy in my eyes. If or when this current QB failure plays itself out I want a fresh start not a restart/rehashing. Draft the next one and hope after 2 decades it's the right fit at the right time.
Teddy is 16-5 in his last 21 starts so I am pretty sure “your eyes” are wrong. Really tired of the bs about Teddy being a nice guy “but”. its more like Teddy is a nice guy “and” he is a great QB! He’ll be lifting up the Super Bowl MVP one day and some will still be throwing shade.
Oh boy. Keep dreaming the dream. ;)
I would love Teddy back. we beat the packers at least once and beat the Bears twice with Teddy as QB last season and win the division with a bye. he is more mobile and clutch
@"JR44" said:@"suncoastvike" said: Don't start again please. Teddy is a nice guy and a damn average QB. He will always be the nice guy but not a true franchise guy in my eyes. If or when this current QB failure plays itself out I want a fresh start not a restart/rehashing. Draft the next one and hope after 2 decades it's the right fit at the right time.
Teddy is 16-5 in his last 21 starts so I am pretty sure “your eyes” are wrong. Really tired of the bs about Teddy being a nice guy “but”. its more like Teddy is a nice guy “and” he is a great QB! He’ll be lifting up the Super Bowl MVP one day and some will still be throwing shade.
We all like Teddy, dude. But he's a Game Manager. What do the Saints do best? Throw the ball within 20 (and usually 10) yards to Thomas and Kamara. That's pretty much what he did in Minnesota.Show me a significant sample size over time of Teddy throwing deep, often, and with accuracy. I used to go on and on and on about 3 to 4 throws a season that he would make that would extrapolate to him becoming a good downfield passer.
To be fair, the injury disrupted his progression. But he hadn't backed up my hopes before then and he hasn't since. Guys who live in the intermediate and short range are Game Managers. And yes, with his loss of arm strength that now includes Brees. Hill was the one throwing the deep ball on Minnesota, not Teddy and not Brees.
I think he'll have a very nice career. But the ceiling is not even Cousins, and Kirk's ceiling may very well be good but not good enough to win it all.
Teddy is a good QB but I don't think he'll ever be a great QB. Not saying Cousins is either but I for one would not be thrilled with Teddy coming back to the Vikes.
@"mblack" said: I thought there was a no trade clause in Cousin's contract? so the whole base of the write up is wrong.
You do know that clause doesnt necessarily prevent a trade right? If KC is agreeable to the destination they can trade him, and if the team were to tell him flat out that he isnt going to get a new deal after next year he would be a fool not to want to at least entertain the option of a new location sooner than later.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"mblack" said: I thought there was a no trade clause in Cousin's contract? so the whole base of the write up is wrong.
You do know that clause doesnt necessarily prevent a trade right? If KC is agreeable to the destination they can trade him, and if the team were to tell him flat out that he isnt going to get a new deal after next year he would be a fool not to want to at least entertain the option of a new location sooner than later.
Ultimately the Vikings could tell him and his agent that he isn't in their future plans, and if he wants to look for a trade he is more than welcome to. I believe that the player and agent would look for that trade
I would love to know how Bridgewater feels about the Vikings organization. Great relationship until the injury, no doubt. Kinda quiet publicly during rehab - understandably - and the Bradford acquisition period. Things really seemed to cool when the team declined his 5th year option and especially when Spielman talked about tolling his rookie contract. There were reports we offered him a short-term contract in the range of $6-$7M before he became a FA, but he jumped for $5M from the Jets to backup Josh McCown.
He never went on some tweet storm, and he's too classy to air his grievances. But if he doesn't care for this team or its management, any speculation about his return is going nowhere.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"mblack" said: I thought there was a no trade clause in Cousin's contract? so the whole base of the write up is wrong.
You do know that clause doesnt necessarily prevent a trade right? If KC is agreeable to the destination they can trade him, and if the team were to tell him flat out that he isnt going to get a new deal after next year he would be a fool not to want to at least entertain the option of a new location sooner than later.
I did not know that. So what is a "Full no trade clause" then? That's what sportrac says Cousins has.
The part about not getting a deal next year is different and understandable but that's counting on the "hope" that Cousins is not a fool which is not what the article is based on.
Also Cousins has already shown that he will do what suits him and not the NFL team.
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