Teddy Bridgewater won’t say if his knee injury will affect his offseason work Posted by Michael David Smith on March 21, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT Getty Images Jets quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has only $500,000 guaranteed on his new contract, which means if he doesn’t look good in offseason work, the team could easily release him and walk away. So it’s not a great sign that he won’t say whether he’s confident his bad knee will allow him to go through offseason work. Asked today by New York reporters whether he’ll be able to participate in spring workouts, Bridgewater declined to answer. “That’s something I’m not comfortable talking about right now,” Bridgewater said. “I’m pretty sure that’ll be a discussion that I have with the training staff. We’ll come up with a plan moving forward.” Bridgewater suffered a severe injury in August of 2016 that forced him to miss all of that season, and he only appeared in one game in 2017. But he does say he’ll be ready to play when the season starts. “I’m very confident,” Bridgewater said. “I’m confident in myself. I’m confident in the athletic training staff and the coaching staff here that they can eventually get me back to the player that I once was… But we’re only in March. The only way to get better is put the work in now. . . . I just can’t wait. I’m excited.” But while Bridgewater says he can’t wait, his answers suggest that it might be a wait of several months before he’s participating in on-field drills. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...gewater-wont-say-if-his-knee-is-fully-healed/
But let's take Barkely, right? Lolz Just confirms why the Jets got Teddy on such a good deal. I still predict that the number 3 pick will start most games this season.
It's becoming clear already why Bridgewater accepted the deal to come here. He likely had only 1 or 2 other offers. I don't think he will ever be the same player and he wasn't that good to begin with.
He was good, but I severely doubt he can ever return to form. People don't realize how serious that injury was.
I give him credit for honesty. But sadly, that and the numbers on his deal does not make me optimistic for his future. I hope he proves me wrong.
I stick by my prediction that Teddy never plays a single regular season game (barring injury) for the Jets. I felt good about it when I was basing it off his actual play. Now finding out he’s clearly still not right? Easy money.
Not really sure why the only reasonable answer ("I'm not sure") is viewed as such a negative one, but ultimately couldn't care less about this so-called story. We'll know if he's participating in spring workouts when spring workouts start, won't we? Until then who gives a damn? And if the Jets now have to change their draft strategy because they were counting on him, and now discover they can't, the team has much bigger problems than whether Teddy can play or not.
If he didn't guarantee that he's going to be the starter from day 1, and lead the Jets to Super Bowl victory....then his career is probably over, and the lingering effects of his injury are probably terminal. That's just how the world works now.
It's not like he wasn't on the field in 2017. Grant it he didn't play much, but imo, he's only 25 and has much still to offer if give the right training/ conditioning program.
He barely played, and there is still no telling if he can ever fully recover from such an injury. You cannot rely on Teddy at all.
What tells me that he has a good chance to get close to what he was before the injury is because he's a traditional pocket passer, not a run and gun scrambler. He has to, of course be wary of DL/blitzes/LBs running down his throat to be elusive enough to avoid contact. That is the one issue that could be a factor. I haven't seen any film on those snaps he took but, according to Viking fans, he looked very very good with his mobility. Else I don't think the Vikings would have taken the chance to put out there in the frying pan, for his sake. It's your guess as well as mine as to how this all unfolds, but I like the idea of the Jets putting this to fruition to see where it goes.
