Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

I think all you have to do is look at two different teams from last season to see Payton’s motivation: the Eagles and Packers. They both lose their star QB but one goes on to win the Super Bowl while the other wallows in despair with Brett Hundley.

Heck, you could also look at how the Texans fared when an injury forced them to rely on our own Tom Savage.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Bridgewater isn't in a position to demand a ton at this point. He can easily fit into our cap structure along with Brees for a few more years.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Let me clear up the confusion, Teddy is here for the Long haul. Maybe he doesn't pan out, that's always possible, but this was done for one reason and one reason only. Teddy is the Brees replacement plan.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Inspired by spkb25's sig - this seems appropriate. LOL

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Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Shucks now I'm bummed because I'm stoked, but we probably won't get to see very much of him in the Dome tomorrow.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

We have a lot of players to pay the next few years. 25 to 35 million ties up in two qb is going to hinder.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

This is a good point. It’s one that I don’t really know how we’re going to navigate. Michael Thomas will be the main one after this season and he’ll want close to $20m/year.

Edit- Include Andrus Peat for big deals after this season. (Roughly $10m/year)

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

First of all, the cap continues to increase by around $10 million per year. And the Saints are looking good as far as the near future cap is concerned.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Brees isn’t going to last as long as everybody thinks. When he hits the cliff it’ll be sudden. You can see signs of his decline already. He’s still top 5 at the moment due to his uncanny accuracy and mind for the game, but he’s not what he used to be and I don’t foresee 3 more years. This year and next year is the best case scenario. If we win it all this year as I anticipate I don’t see him coming back...and now that we have Teddy...I’m perfectly fine with that.

Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

Exactly. We have an extremely, young team on rookie contracts.