It's gone kinda silent on Bradford...

@"twgerber" said:

@"Sir Viking Bob VWO" said: After last season, Bradford doesn't need to prove his toughness to me,  Teddy has to now

Seriously?   He didn't prove it with the beating he took the previous year behind that horrendous oline?

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Sir Viking Bob VWO" said: After last season, Bradford doesn't need to prove his toughness to me,  Teddy has to now

Teddy played behind a nearly equally bad line the previous year and took many beatings himself.  If you are saying Sam has earned some respect in the tough guy department for his resiliency,  Teddy's track record has certainly earned him some a well.

Rar rar rar Bradford sucks! Rar, rar, ra no Bridgewater sucks. 

You have to laugh,everybody is arguing what Teddy and Sam done 2 -3 years ago.
This is now...lets see what Sam and Teddy can contribute.  

@"HappyViking" said: I wonder if getting a few doses of "Bridgewater" will help that ailing knee.  If Teddy seems ready in the next 3 or 4 weeks, Sam might be more anxious about getting better.

I doubt your dose of "Bridgewater" is going to heal his knee quicker.

I doubt he wants to go into FA with a huge question mark on his knee.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Sir Viking Bob VWO" said: After last season, Bradford doesn't need to prove his toughness to me,  Teddy has to now

Teddy played behind a nearly equally bad line the previous year and took many beatings himself.  If you are saying Sam has earned some respect in the tough guy department for his resiliency,  Teddy's track record has certainly earned him some a well.

@"Sir Viking Bob VWO" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Sir Viking Bob VWO" said: After last season, Bradford doesn't need to prove his toughness to me,  Teddy has to now

Teddy played behind a nearly equally bad line the previous year and took many beatings himself.  If you are saying Sam has earned some respect in the tough guy department for his resiliency,  Teddy's track record has certainly earned him some a well.

Not even close... Teddys OL was nearly HOFers compared to the 14-15 guys Sam had to survive behind, Sam made them look better by getting rid of the ball in 2 seconds   Literally!

Teddy held the ball WAY too long in 2015. He was indecisive, he was not accurate on longer throws, and it often took WAY too long in the game for him to get going. Because he was still a very young QB in the league. He didn't have a great offensive line for sure but he didn't do himself any favors either. But that's because he was a Young QB that hadn't even come close to being fully groomed and having seen everything that different D coordinators will throw at him. And here's the thing.... He still hasn't. Unfortunately his injury means he hasn't faced differing defenses yet. 

People are putting some massive expectations on this kid. I think there is a perception that he is going to be what fans want him to be. And he may have been there if not for being out of ball for 14 months. You can say that he has been practicing the scripts and all of that but without running that against different defensive sets..... With different philosophies by different coordinators, with different types of players... It's all just hope. Nothing wrong with hoping that he nails it out of the gun. That's what fans do. But if he doesn't hit the ground running, or when he falters for a 2-3 game stretch are fans going to have the patience to let him work through it? That's what I doubt. 

I worry about the amount of time away from the game that he has having a negative effect on his career and then the added expectations that fans will have if he doesn't produce. Fans are BRUTAL and turn on a dime on guys. I still think he is a kid with a LONG ways to go to realizing his potential and if he isn't afforded that well he will be another player that gets used and chewed up and spit out.