Teddy Bridgewater has played four games as the Panthers’ starting quarterback. While he’s done a good job of moving the chains and making accurate throws in general, Bridgewater has also made a few too many mistakes for us to be truly pleased with his performance.
According to Pro Football Focus, they have Bridgewater ranked No. 26 at his position going into Week 5. That ranks him lower than mediocre QBs such as Nick Foles, Derek Carr and Ryan Fitzpatrick, just to name a few. Here is what PFF had to say about what Teddy has done so far in a Carolina uniform.
“Bridgewater is showing elements of his game-managing reputation, with the fourth-lowest percentage of uncatchable passes on passes up to 9 yards downfield, but he uncharacteristically has the third-highest percentage of turnover-worthy plays at 4.9%.”
This analysis is exactly right by PFF. The Panthers knew Bridgewater’s skill-set coming in. If they wanted a QB to sling the ball around deep like Brett Favre they would have tried to find a different starter. Bridgewater’s best asset is his ability to take care of the ball. However, he simply hasn’t done well enough in that department.
To be fair, Bridgewater is trying to run a new offense with new teammates without the benefit of a true offseason program and no preseason games. Some rust and early mistakes were to be expected.
That said, four games should be plenty to get into a rhythm with his receivers. Bridgewater needs to clean up the miscues and turnover-worthy plays starting with this week’s game against the Falcons.
