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Now the talk is that Teddy Bridgewater could fall to the 2nd round | CBS Sports
If he falls to #29, I'm honestly convinced that he's the best player on the board and the Pats need to grab him. Mallett is gone next offseason more than likely and at 37 Brady in unfortunately close to the end of his career as well. I've watched Bridgewater in detail since the beginning of the 2012 season and I watched him shred one of the best defenses in college football while looking cool, calm, and collected on a national television stage and BCS game. You can also look at his career numbers in college and, based off of that alone (if you haven't seen him actually play) tell that he is a good decision maker who, like Brady, generally tries to avoid the riskier that often lead to turnovers. He had a bad pro day in which he was overthrowing receivers but anybody that has watched this kid knows that's not him. If he's there at #29, other needs be damned, take the back-up QB and the potential future of the franchise. Let him sit behind Brady for a few years, learn the playbook, and build his body up to get ready to start then worry about other needs starting in the 2nd round.
As a junior at Louisville, Teddy Bridgewater completed 71 percent of his passes for 3,970 yards, 31 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Back in January, he was widely considered the the best draft-eligible quarterback, and maybe even the best draft-eligble player.
Now, after a disappointing pro day for Bridgewater and way too much time for the rest of us to think about what that means, we're talking about him as a second-round pick. Even NFL Network's Mike Mayock, one of the most respected draft experts around, dropped Bridgewater from No. 1 in his QB rankings from early March to No. 3 following Bridgewater's pro day (even though Mayock emphasizes all the time that pro days aren't the end-all, be-all evaluation tool).
If he falls to #29, I'm honestly convinced that he's the best player on the board and the Pats need to grab him. Mallett is gone next offseason more than likely and at 37 Brady in unfortunately close to the end of his career as well. I've watched Bridgewater in detail since the beginning of the 2012 season and I watched him shred one of the best defenses in college football while looking cool, calm, and collected on a national television stage and BCS game. You can also look at his career numbers in college and, based off of that alone (if you haven't seen him actually play) tell that he is a good decision maker who, like Brady, generally tries to avoid the riskier that often lead to turnovers. He had a bad pro day in which he was overthrowing receivers but anybody that has watched this kid knows that's not him. If he's there at #29, other needs be damned, take the back-up QB and the potential future of the franchise. Let him sit behind Brady for a few years, learn the playbook, and build his body up to get ready to start then worry about other needs starting in the 2nd round.