Teddy Bridgewater projected to win quarterback competition
Jun 2, 2021, 1:01 PM
The biggest question mark for the Denver Broncos lies in the quarterback room between Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater — a question that will need to be answered soon since we are 99 days away from the start of the NFL season.
Around The NFL’s Gregg Rosenthal attempted to predict the Broncos’ starters for 2021 and believes Bridgewater will edge out Lock for the starting quarterback role.
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“NFL Network’s Michael Silver spent the entire draft weekend embedded with the Broncos’ front office, then wrote that Teddy Bridgewater is the team’s presumptive starter. I’ll presume that’s a highly informed presumption,” Rosenthal wrote. “Bridgewater over Drew Lock makes sense. Vic Fangio is a defensive coach with a prospective top-five defense who wants his quarterback to limit turnovers. Bridgewater may not be exciting, but he makes fewer mistakes than Lock and has performed at a far higher level as a pro.
“In some ways, Teddy has lived a charmed life over the last three years. He played with excellent coaching and talent in New Orleans and Carolina, but this Broncos group of weapons could be the best he’s played with yet.”
In 13 games last season Lock threw 16 touchdowns to 15 interceptions, earning a passer rating of 75.4. In 15 games Bridgewater notched 15 touchdowns to 11 interceptions with a passer rating of 92.1.
It is obvious that Bridgewater brings a veteran presence that most Broncos players have not seen from Lock.
Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy expressed his initial impressions of Bridgewater during a press conference on Tuesday.
“I feel like he’s a great quarterback. He knows how to anticipate,” Jeudy said. “I feel like he’s good at anticipating where players are going to be. I feel like that’s a good thing he does.”
Bridgwater just wants to keep the same mentality that has gotten him this far in his career.
But could his veteran presence and knowledge give him a boost in the competition? Probably.
“I’m here to play football and whatever happens, happens,” Bridgwater said in a press conference last week. “I’m here to help this team become a better team. I’m here to help players become better football players and men become better men. Whatever happens, I’m here to play football and I’ll take whatever comes with it.”
