Saints Trade for Teddy Bridgewater
 

This is not a drill!

The New Orleans Saints made a stunning move Wednesday (Aug. 29), acquiring quarterback Teddy Bridgewater in a trade from the New York Jets.

With the move, the Saints add an experienced, high-ceiling quarterback to backup Drew Brees, and if the team can sign Bridgewater beyond this season, he could be in line to become Brees' eventual successor.

"We are very pleased to obtain a young player with quite a bit of playing experience," Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis said in a statement.

According to ESPN, the full terms of the the deal have the Saints sending a third-round pick to the Jets for Bridgewater and a sixth-round pick. Assuming it's next year's third-rounder, the Saints will have just one pick on the first two days of next year's draft because they already sent their 2019 first-round pick to the Green Bay Packers this year to draft defensive end Marcus Davenport.

A first-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014, Bridgewater signed a one-year deal with the New York Jets in March. He was impressive in the first three preseason games this summer, going 28 of 38 for 316 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

However, the Jets drafted Sam Darnold third overall this year, and he'll be their long-term quarterback. They also have veteran Josh McCown, which made it difficult to keep Bridgewater and his $5 million salary.

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Ugh....what did we give as compensation?

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I like this. I have been a fan

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Cant be more than a 5th or possibly conditional 3/4.

Guess that means he is either trade bait for next year or getting cards in place incase Drew walks away with a second superbowl under his arm in February

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I'm just surprised because everyone knows taysom hill is the whole package...uh no.

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Whatever the case, Bridgewater is signed to a one-year, $6 million contract, of which $500,000 has already been paid by the Jets.

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Probably got a extension in the works.
Something has got to be in place here.

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I'm a Bridgewater fan myself and wanted him this past off season. Hell I wanted to draft him. I'm pretty happy. I'm curious to see if we can develop him as Brees' heir. He has a very good skill set.

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Tom Savage just began packing his bags and hill is super pysched he is able to play ST

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In my opinion he is sincere starting material. I have no doubt we can

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I hope he gets into the last preseason game so that Meredith might actually have a decent backup throwing him the ball.

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Well they either see him as Drews long term successor or they see the benefits of tying him up and trading him to pick up pocks to a needy team.

If he can get back to his pre injury form its a great deal assuming its mid round picks.

I guess they have a eye on the long term with so players needing new deals in the upcoming years and having a QB tied up for a few years at a cap friendly deal would help. Hard to plan long term with a older high paid QB even if he is a legend

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Check out @TomPelissero’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...101033984?s=09

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Hmm good question, surprised we gave up a third

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I’m so excited I don’t know what to do.

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A little surprising, but that tells me he’s clearly thought of as successor material.

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Good. Better than anything on the roster @ QB not named Drew Brees.

Rez called this last off season.

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Wow didn't see that coming...

Didn't think our back up play has been all that bad in order to pull the trigger like this but it does smell like an analytics move... that could prove long term successor to Bree's.

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At worst though even if he stayed and walked next year they'd easy get a 3rd comp pick the year after assuming no big FA deals

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FINALLY WE CAN CUT THAT SHORT QB WE HAVE... lol.

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😁😁😁😁

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I told y’all this would happen about a month ago.

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With the 96th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, The New York Jets select.........

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Yep but wondering what the hurry is. Brees showing decline this offseason?....

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Bridgewater is only 25... Brees was 27 when we signed him. Plenty of time for Bridgewater to learn the offense inside and out before potentially taking over.

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I can only say I didn't have much of a reaction - mostly I guess because I haven't paid much attention to Bridgewater.

But I just watched a few of his highlight reels on youtube. I like this move. We don't have jack at backup. This kid could take over for Drew in a year or two. We may have just traded for our future under center fellas.

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If Merideth were any good he wouldn’t need “a decent backup”. Carr and other 3rd and 4th string receivers have made the best out of what our backups have had to offer. What’s Meridiths excuse?

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Thanks to God that the Team Ochsner Boobs won't be performing his physical.

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He is still feeling his way back after a nasty injury snd learning a whole new playbook. Never easy to trust your body for a while after serious injuries.

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Well I’m not mad about it...... alright !

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XVI, I concur.

This could be an excellent spot for Teddy. Successor in waiting on a high powered offensive team.

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Here's a bit more to support what I'm thinking...

Teddy Bridgwater to Saints joins list of key preseason trades across sports

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If you want to see how Teddy’s been looking this preseason...

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Plenty to like in them clips

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Teddy Bridgewater fills two needs at once. The Saints need to win now and TB is a viable starter should the Saints lose Brees for any portion of the 2018 campaign and he could be the successor to Brees if Drew decides to retire (not happening).