Yeah he did great other than the fact that he single handedly lost the game for his team by having such poor pocket awareness that he took a sack fumble when he could have simply thrown the ball away and had the kicker come on to tie it up.....made even worse by the fact that the coach told him prior to that play that he absolutely couldn't take a sack or throw a completion in bounds. I mean, other than that, everything was great.
He had over 3 seconds before he was hit and when you are in that position you absolutely can't take a sack, that's priority #1 actually, so you have to have a sense for the pass rush and throw the ball away. Either way, it's a rookie mistake that unfortunately cost the team a chance to stay in the game. Other than that he did a pretty good job this game taking what the defense gave him. Really it's not fair to blame Teddy for that last play, the blame should go on the head coach, he should have known better than to trust a young QB in that position. I'm sure he'll learn his lesson from this and will make the right decision if they ever wind up in a similar spot.
[rQUOTEr]One NFL executive said this week that what is happening with Teddy Bridgewater in Minnesota in his first two seasons reminds him of what happened with Christian Ponder in Minnesota during his first two seasons. Initially, Ponder played as if he would be the team's quarterback of the future. He flashed enough to make Minnesota think it had someone to man the position, only to see Ponder flame out before the Vikings moved on to their next quarterback, Bridgewater. Last season, Bridgewater played as if he would be the team's quarterback of the future. He flashed enough to make Minnesota think it had someone to man the position. And while there still is confidence within the organization regarding Bridgewater's long-term chances for success, others outside it aren't convinced yet. One pointed to the statistical similarities and situations between the two quarterbacks. In the first 13 starts of his second season, during a year in which Adrian Peterson led the NFL in rushing, Ponder completed 62.6 percent of his passes, averaged 184 passing yards per game and had a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 14-to-12. <PRE>Ponder And Bridgewater STAT PONDER ('12) BRIDGEWATER ('15) Comp % 62.6 65.3 Pass YPG 184 210 TD-Int 14-12 9-8 </PRE> During the first 13 starts of his second season, during a year in which Peterson leads the NFL in rushing, Bridgewater has completed 65.3 percent of his passes, averaging 210 passing yards per game and has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 9-to-8. None of this means Bridgewater won't wind up making it in Minnesota. But it does mean that he still must improve his game, help the Vikings reach the playoffs as they head into their final three-game stretch with home games against the Bears and Giants before closing out the season at Green Bay, and progress in ways that Ponder did not. Minnesota believes it has its quarterback of the future; it once thought the same about Ponder. But some around the league believe it is just too early to tell. - AS http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14388203/the-final-nfl-games-san-diego-st-louis-happen-week-nfl[/rQUOTEr]
A skew the stats performance by Teddy. It's like Fitzys 6 td game against the Titans last year. It makes his overall stats look better than his true performance this year.
Not a good game by Teddy, but a division title and playoff appearance for the QB just like I predicted for the Vikings this year. They should be one and done just like the Texans.
A pretty terrible performance actually, but the Minnesota Adrien Peterson's don't really rely on QB performance to win so they can get by with less than 100 yards and an interception with no TD's from their game manager.
Please. Teddy is doing what is asked of him. If Teddy had the liberty to air it out like Bortles or Carr and the team was built differently Teddy would put up better stats. Teddy B is excelling in his role. 2nd season in the NFL as a starter and just won the division.
Were they able to simply hand the ball off while doing a terrible job of playing QB and have their teams win?
He has a BIAS and hates to admit he is WRONG WRONG WRONG It's laughable to prezel he twists into to not admit it Rocket River
There's a whole lot of people saying very wrong things. I argue with them when this happens. How about commenting on the content of what I said? I don't really expect you to since you know I'm right.
Put another way, actually Bridgewater threw only 1 TD less than Andrew Luck this year. (now if you want to get all technical, yeah, Luck only played in 7 games this season, but still - only 1 TD less!)
