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The 49ers have reached out to the Panthers about a potential trade for Teddy Bridgewater. The Niners' interest in Bridgewater doesn't necessarily mean they're keen on replacing Jimmy Garoppolo as the team's starter. 49ers general manager John Lynch has said the team needs to upgrade its backup QBs as to avoid a lost season if or when the oft-injured Jimmy G is sidelined. Carolina is among the leaders in the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes, making Bridgewater expendable if a team has a solid offer for the veteran. There's almost no chance Bridgewater starts for Carolina in 2021.  RELATED: 
SOURCE: The Athletic
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I think he'd make a good backup. 

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Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.

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@"greediron" said: Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.
I feel like the Vikings since Childress have been scared to death of this scenario (fans booing the starter and calling for the backup to start). Whatever the reason, they want one, and only one, undisputed QB on the roster. 
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@"Jor-El" said:
@"greediron" said: Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.
I feel like the Vikings since Childress have been scared to death of this scenario (fans booing the starter and calling for the backup to start). Whatever the reason, they want one, and only one, undisputed QB on the roster. 
Isn't that what every team wants? 
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@"Jor-El" said:
@"greediron" said: Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.
I feel like the Vikings since Childress have been scared to death of this scenario (fans booing the starter and calling for the backup to start). Whatever the reason, they want one, and only one, undisputed QB on the roster. 
It kind of seems to be a Spielman theory anyway.  
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Sounds like they are getting together a package for Cousins  =)

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@"MaroonBells" said:
@"Jor-El" said:
@"greediron" said: Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.
I feel like the Vikings since Childress have been scared to death of this scenario (fans booing the starter and calling for the backup to start). Whatever the reason, they want one, and only one, undisputed QB on the roster. 
Isn't that what every team wants? 
A non-competitive backup so the starter doesn't feel pressured?
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There is nothing wrong with having a good backup to put pressure on the starting QB to be better. There is something wrong with having a backup that was a first round pick by your franchise and was/is beloved by the fan base, thus creating unnecessary tension and pressure on the situation. Teddy coming to Minnesota is a bad idea

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@"medaille" said:
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"Jor-El" said:
@"greediron" said: Would love to have him as our backup.  Except for the likelihood that fans would be calling for him to start after Kirk's first fumble or loss.
I feel like the Vikings since Childress have been scared to death of this scenario (fans booing the starter and calling for the backup to start). Whatever the reason, they want one, and only one, undisputed QB on the roster. 
Isn't that what every team wants? 
A non-competitive backup so the starter doesn't feel pressured?
Yes. Teams don't go out and try to find bad backups. But every team in the NFL would prefer a QB situation where the starter plays so well his position as starting QB is unquestioned. That's what everybody wants. Situations like Chicago or Washington or Jacksonville are what teams try to avoid, not pursue. 
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Fans think qb "competition" is a thing but mostly it's not.  Decisions on starters are made in camp and at contract signing time.  A team with a qb controversy is generally a team going nowhere.

When a team signs a guy for big $ or spends major draft capital acquiring him, they don't want a backup to "compete", that is a fan fantasy.  They want their big, expensive plan to succeed, and some scrub putting that guy on the bench is basically a competitive, financial and p.r. disaster, unless the scrub wins the SB.  

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