Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater

08-29-2018, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by voodooido

Again, he may fit the system but where will we get the money? Teams are always willing to overpay. Does this mean Drew retires? Surely they have no plans of letting him walk. Drew is still a top 3 qb.

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.

spkb25 · 08-29-2018, 05:19 PM

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.

saintfan · 08-29-2018, 05:20 PM

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

SaintsBro · 08-29-2018, 05:26 PM

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.

voodooido · 08-29-2018, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

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.

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.

ChrisXVI · 08-29-2018, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by voodooido

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.

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)

AsylumGuido · 08-29-2018, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by voodooido

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.

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.

rezburna · 08-29-2018, 05:34 PM

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.

rezburna · 08-29-2018, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

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.

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

K Major · 08-29-2018, 05:36 PM

The "we over paid" narrative gets thrown around far too often.

08-29-2018, 05:18 PM	#81
Threaded by AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,220 Rating: (0 votes - average) Originally Posted by voodooido Again, he may fit the system but where will we get the money? Teams are always willing to overpay. Does this mean Drew retires? Surely they have no plans of letting him walk. Drew is still a top 3 qb. 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. CharityMike, rezburna and Audiotom like this.
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08-29-2018, 05:19 PM	#82
spkb25 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 13,097	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. jnormand, ChrisXVI, frydaddy and 2 others like this.

08-29-2018, 05:20 PM	#83
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater Inspired by spkb25's sig - this seems appropriate. LOL spkb25 likes this.

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SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	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.

08-29-2018, 05:27 PM	#85
voodooido 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,766	Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater Originally Posted by AsylumGuido 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. 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. ChrisXVI likes this.
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08-29-2018, 05:32 PM	#86
ChrisXVI 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 11,482	Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater Originally Posted by voodooido 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. 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)

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,220	Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater Originally Posted by voodooido 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. 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.

08-29-2018, 05:34 PM	#88
rezburna 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kenner, LA Posts: 7,903	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. Barry from MS, Rell&Gold and Audiotom like this.
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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,619 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater The "we over paid" narrative gets thrown around far too often. Rell&Gold and rezburna like this.

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