Teddy Bridgewater Reportedly Turned Down Similar Offer From Bears Because He Didn't Want QB Competition
By Michael Luciano
Upon hearing confirmation that Teddy Bridgewater left the New Orleans Saints for a three-year, $60 million deal with the Carolina Panthers, one of the most disappointed teams in football was surely the Chicago Bears, who are looking for a QB to compete with Mitchell Trubisky.
Per Chicago insider Dan McNeil, Bridgewater turned down a similar contract from the Bears because he was not keen on the idea of competing with Trubisky for the top job at Solider Field.
An unimpeachable NFL source tells me the #Bears have offered Teddy Bridgewater at least what the Panthers have (3 yrs, $60M). Bridgewater's camp, however, fears Trubisky's presence and an open competition.
— Dan McNeil (@DannyMac670) March 17, 2020
There are two different ways to look at this. The anti-Bridgewater crowd will laugh at him for "fearing" someone as average as Trubisky and not being confident in his own abilities as a passer to beat him out in Chicago.
The pro-Bridgewater crowd will claim that if they money was just about even, it makes sense to go to a team where he is the unquestioned starter now that Cam Newton is almost certainly out. Additionally, he knows new offensive coordinator Joe Brady on an intimate level dating back to their time in New Orleans.
Teddy Bridgewater was the Vikings franchise QB when he suffered a terrifying knee injury in 2016 that nearly ended his career.
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) March 17, 2020
Since:
➖ Missed almost two years
➖ Jets backup
➖ Saints backup
➖ Went 5-0 without Brees in 2019
➖ Reportedly joining Panthers as starting QB
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Either way you look at it, Bridgewater got his $60 million, which seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. Football is strange sometimes.