Teddy Bridgewater predicted to land with Kansas City Chiefs
By Matt Conner
Daniel Jeremiah recently predicted that Teddy Bridgewater will end up with the Kansas City Chiefs on his Move the Sticks podcast.
On the latest episode of the Move the Sticks podcast, Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks took turns making free agent predictions for various quarterbacks before the new league year begins. The entire podcast is always a great listen (in case you aren’t already clued in), but on this episode they have a Chiefs-centric prediction for Teddy Bridgewater.
As they went through the Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks, Jeremiah listed Bridgewater as a nice fit for the Chiefs for several reasons. He said:
"Everything about Teddy Bridgewater in terms of a teammate is off the charts, outstanding. Plus it gives them just a little veteran insurance there. Teddy Bridgewater goes under Andy Reid, gets himself healthy, probably ends up balling out in the preseason and they end up spinning him off for a pick."
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Jeremiah is completely right and the idea might seem less original if there wasn’t already an even more obvious fit on the open market in Chase Daniel. The Chiefs are all-in on a starting quarterback with Patrick Mahomes, so anyone coming in will need to know they are the obvious No. 2. At the same time, Mahomes has never held the starting spot for any real length of time, so it’s certainly more tenuous than, say, being the back-up in New Orleans or New England.
The Chiefs have to make a move at back-up quarterback and Daniel is the popular guess because he knows the system already. But if the Chiefs wanted to move on or Daniel was ready for something different, Bridgewater would be a great option. After tearing his ACL before the 2016 season, the Louisville product has thrown only two passes, so he isn’t likely to command an expensive deal on the market. Yet there’s enough potential and youth here to take the chance.
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To this point, however, Bridgewater is only 25-years-old and has a 17-11 record as a starter with 28 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. He’s certainly be an ideal back-up at the most important position in football, so here’s hoping the price is right to make it happen.