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meh.. It's gonna be Teddy B. There really isnt a debate here unless we are offered something like both Cleveland firsts and their second.
No, it's actually very appropriate for this thread because Im saying it's not necessarily a "Bridgewater or Bust" (name of the thread, no?) situation if the Texans are presented with a great trade scenario. If we stay put at #1, it should be a no brainer to take Teddy...but like Ive said, everyone has a price.
As a Bridgewater fan the one thing that scares me about his game is that I fear he could turn into captain checkdown. If he gets rattled I could see him throwing 5-10 yard passes all game. That's my only question in his college to nfl transition.
He plays a bit conservative no doubt. Even in his pocket presence there were times when I thought he should run and he stayed in the pocket longer than he should have. Or on the run he passes at the last minute when clearly he could have made the needed yardage running. Yet amazingly his decisions mostly faired well. He does seem like he prefers to throw the sure pass as opposed to the risky one. And when he does throw a risky pass, he has a tendency to overthrow rather than risk an interception. But it's not like it's a major problem. He has completed quite a few long passes and he's thrown 31 td's to 4 ints. while completing over 70% of his passes this year. Plus every year he just keeps improving. He came to Louisville with Talent and he is leaving with talent and skill. Unlike Luck he didn't have the pedigree upbringing. He had to learn on the fly. But no problem, he is a student of the game and won't be limited to 17 hours of practice a week in the NFL. He will suck up the NFL coaching and only get better. I would have bet money that he would have a good game against Miami. Because I was sure he would be ready because he would have more time to prepare. That's who he is. Give him the time and he will prepare. A healthy prepared Teddy Bridgewater is dangerous. He will learn from his mistakes in the NFL and he will only get better. I would bet on that too.
Yeah, that's Bridgewater - high percentage choices. A good OC can work around that, use it as an advantage. But definitely makes you hesitate when considering him #1 overall.
No way Bill O'Brien will want Teddy Bridgewater after coaching Tom Brady. Bridgewater will end up falling and being picked between 3-8 anyways.
What I like about him is that he still has the confidence to go down field when given the time and opportunity to take his shot. Even when he's under duress he still tries to by him some time to get the ball down field. Schaub on the other hand, would curl up as soon as he felt the slightest bit of pressure. And even when he became the check down king that he is, it was often thrown into traffic and double coverage. Not a concise effort to get a completion move the ball and work toward getting a 3rd and manageable position. If we go another route then Teddy I have no problem with that, but if we are serious about getting back into contention we need a #1 franchise QB, I'm sure Bill O'Brien is well aware of that and will emphasize this to Rick during the scouting/drafting process.
Brady's skill is reading defenses and threading it to the best option. Isn't that Teddy's skill also?
How does this even make sense? I don't understand what you're getting at? It's like half the board loves Bridgewater and wants us to draft him at all costs, and the other half is grasping at straws for reasons for us not to draft him. Reasons that usually make no sense, or are just made up.
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Yes most definitely one of his skills. But what's most impressive about him IMO is his intermediate game. The amount of arm strength and accuracy needed to make those 12-20 yard throws to the sidelines is really underestimated and what's most needed to succeed in the NFL IMO. It's what Schaub lost and Keenum never had. Schaub had to settle for shorter passes, which is why he quit throwing those longer routes and Keenum never had it, the accuracy and maybe the strenght to do it. He can throw long and short but deep curls, outs or digs forget it. Defenses got wise to that and covered him deep and forced him to throw short. Teddy doesn't have that problem. He has the arm strength to throw all of those routes with ease and accuracy. He can throw long too but it's his accuracy and rate of completion on those intermediate routes that impresses me most. They're almost automatic. He throws with zip, touch and precision. It's one thing to read the defense, it's another to have the arm to deliver.
I'm not as sold on Bridgewater as I am on O'Brien. Whoever O'Brien wants as his QB, I will fully support that decision. If it's Teddy, then he'll have my armchair seal of approval, which amounts to basically nothing.
My confidence in O'Brien is as high as it could be. If he thinks freaking Bortles is the guy, I'll fully support that. Although, I would like the pick to be Bridgewater at this point. I have a very renewed confidence in the Texans bc I think O'Brien will clean up the diarrhea that was left on the field.
How much say will he get? Rick Smith is doing all the legwork right now. Kubiak was let go, Smith wasn't. There's a feeling in the air that Smith had to defer to Kubiak too much and that McNair wants him to have autonomy or at the very least much more control. Of all candidates interviewed, O'Brien would seem to be the most willing to stay out of the GM's business. I'm not saying O'Brien wont make the call or get plenty of say. I'm just not sure that will be how it plays out. I'm also not saying I don't think Smith can pick the right guy.
If Smith knows what is good for him, he will let O'Brien have his choice of QBs. Everything else? Who knows. You're the GM who just threw 30 million bucks down the toilet on Matt Schaub. Let the QB guru run the QB show.
Before I started getting into all the QB film stuff, I had Mariota as my #1...I liked Johnny a lot too. But, after watching the game tape on these guys, I would say that Mariota and Manziel didnt impress me as much as I thought they would. In other words, I had those guys on pedestals in my head, but after closely watching, I think Bridgewater is more prepared for the transition to the NFL. Mariota and Manziel can definitely have a future, but I think they have a lot of learning to do to get to that point. I dont put a lot of stock into tape that shows a QB with all the time in the world delivering a strike on a crossing route 20 yards downfield. I think every QB should make that throw 100 times out of 100. What I want to see is a QB, with a closing pocket, buying some time, standing strong, and making accurate throws...and I saw a lot more of Bridgewater doing that over the other guys. I saw Teddy put in more "NFL" situations than the other guys. And I liked that, a lot. Teddy is my guy if we are staying at #1. However, if there is an offer that we just cannot refuse, then I can work with another QB as long as O'Brien thinks it's the right choice.
