How will Teddy Bridgewater’s time with the Panthers be remembered?
By Dean Jones
How will Teddy Bridgewater be remembered by the Panthers?
A bad workman always blames his tools.
Teddy Bridgewater might have gone out all guns blazing with criticism of coaching methods implemented by the Carolina Panthers – especially red zone and two-minute situations – but nobody else was complaining and it just reeks of bitterness from a player who didn’t get the job done when it mattered most.
It’s easy to forget that the Panthers’ coaching staff were under certain constraints thanks to COVID-19. They were also in their first season occupying prominent leadership positions at the next level.
It was a learning curve for them, too.
Bridgewater was never going to win some fans over, who remained fiercely loyal to Cam Newton and were furious he’d been discarded in such a manner after leaving everything out on the field at great cost to his own health.
At the end of the day, winning is all that matters in the NFL.
This was the primary reason Bridgewater got the chance in the first place and leaving Carolina with a 4-11 record and a $7 million payoff just to get the Denver Broncos to pull the trigger on a trade is a damning indictment of his production in 2020.
That’s $30 million the Panthers shelled out for Bridgewater in total.
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Bridgewater’s contract will go down as one of the worst in team history, of that there is little doubt. But in terms of performances on the field, his time with the organization will soon be forgotten.