Bridgewater's contract really isn't anything to worry about, it's heavy on incentives. The thing to 'worry about' is Josh McCown apparently being promised a starting position. There should at least be the possibility of Bridgewater winning the starting job away from him either in camp or early in the season. The other is not still drafting a quarterback in the first round. Two guys, one aging and one with a ??? injury history on one-year deals aren't gonna cut it. We need to go get our guy. And while the mocks have been all over the place, *not* moving into the top 3 feels incredibly risky to me here.
Let's say the best case scenario happens. Bridgewater tears it up and emerges as a FQB; a legit possibility IMO. He is only on a 1 year deal; is Mac's hope that he sticks with us because we were the one that gave him the opportunity to compete for a starting job? We are essentially paying Bridgewater up to 15 million to audition for the entire league. Seems to me if you are going to do something like this you do a 1 year deal with a team option for the 2nd year. I guess there's always the franchise tag?
Probably won't get anything for him but I can see mac trying to trade Petty for maybe a 7th round pic or something. But yea otherwise end the suffering and cut them.
Could be performance clauses that trigger in the Jets favor. Franchise is certainly an option. Is it officially a 1year prove it deal?
It's great for the jets.... Bridgewater plays terrible or blows out his knee again my guess is it's a 5 million dollar deal. I would assume incentives kick in with games played, wins etc.
That's a hell of a lot of incentives...Teddy will be rehabbing/practicing like hell to make sure he can cash in I'm sure.
Does anyone know of a site that explains what kind of performance bonuses the NFL permits and what kind it forbids. In MLB, for example, it's OK to base a bonus on plate appearances but not on at-bats. I wonder if the NFL has similar arcane rules. I suspect that given Bridgewater's injury history, some of these bonuses will be based on health. For example, $XX for every game he suits up for.
Bridgewater was a decent starter before he got hurt. Hasn’t played in 2 years so one of those low risk high reward type deals. 5 mill base salary. Worth the risk.
Would have been much smarter for the Jets to trade a bag of balls for Siemian instead of handing out free money to Teddy. Amatuer Hour in Florham Park.
Wasn't Siemian so bad last year that by the end of the year Paxton Lynch was the starter. Yea that I can pass on.
Out of all the things one could criticize the Jets for, someone suggests trading for Siemian instead of signing Bridgewater?
