Seems to me that people who decry this trade either forget or minimize the following facts: Every team had the chance to sign Teddy during the off-season for no compensation and nobody did. Did his short time with the Jets really make TB's value skyrocket? I am not sure how the cap works, but at the minimum the Jets will be saving $300K per week that Teddy isn't on the roster. It actually could be a $5M cap saving vs. Him being on the roster week #1. The Jets would have to hope that a starting QB for a playoff caliber team get injured before some teams have played their eighth game. If Teddy is so valuable (and presumably be an asset for such teams), what happens if the QB that goes down is Rivers, Rothlesberger, or God forbid Brady. You might be sending a QB of the future to those teams. Getting TB to the Saints is an ideal location. Granted the Jets have no control over where TB plays in 2019 and beyond, but the Saints are a perfect landing spot for him (and the Jets, rather than foing to an AFC team) . As Brees is probably set to retire, TB is a logical step for the future. This creates the great possibility that TB signs a long-term deal there. Win, win, win.
I just answered your stupid question ... the reason it doesn't happen is because historically, the teams with good backup QBs aren't willing to trade them (because they are in contending situations themselves). The historically anamoly this year, in this situation, is that the Jets (a) suck and are not a contending team, (b) have the best young backup QB, and (c) have no interest in ever having him see the field or even being on the team next year. It's the Jets situation that never happens; not the circumstance of contending teams seeing their QB get injured during the season and trying to acquire a replacement starter for the second half of the season. The Jets found themselves in the miracle situation of holding the most valuable bargaining chip in the league from now until the deadline (best young backup QB) and were willing to trade it (which never happens). They just tossed that chip for the right to swap a 6th for a 3rd. It was dumb.
So at the end of the day your answer is just “it would have happened, just believe me”. I’ve read all I need to read.
Unless they have something in the works and they needed the pick NOW.......maybe another trade for MACK or Fowler. & or wanted to free up a roster spot
I'll give you that. If there is another trade in the works and they needed the pick today to make the second trade happen, that would be a reason to trade now. I will however state that it would be monumentally stupid to trade picks for defensive players when the only thing that matters for the next 10 years (especially the next 3) is making sure that the team puts a brick wall up in front of Darnold so he doesn't get hurt or happy feet.
So many fans seem butthurt because their predictions of Teddy Bridgewater "starting over Sam Darnold" just blew up in their face. You receive a 3rd round draft pick for an offseason free agent on a 1 year deal (for pennies on the dolard) coming off a catastrophic knee injury... And fans feel and believe they now have the right to complain? Some of these people should be ashamed of themselves.
This is a big loss , imo. With that OL, I hope Darnold puts on extra padding....if he goes down it will be a long season.
People paid to analyze football that have been in the industry for a decade: “great move by the Jets.” Guy on the internet: “dopey, questionably move by the Jets.”
This is just an flash knee jerk reaction to something that can only be proven if Teddy is on the field. All Mac had to do was play him 3 lousy games as a starter and then should have made the trade - he could have easily gotten a #2.
the same fools in this thread making the same dumb posts. one is congratulating himself even though he was wrong and 5 or 6 are trashing the trade. this was a heist.
I think the point that many are trying to make is that perhaps there are not a lot of sure fire SB contenders in the last 10 years that have actually lost their QB within the first 7-8 games of a season. Can people honestly name 5 times it has happened in the last 10 years? I can't (not challenging just honestly looking for examples). The Packers, Giants, Pats, Steelers, nope. The Cowboys with Tony Romo perhaps. Other than that, unless when have really good teams (other than the Vikings) lost their starting QB (without a viable back-up) in the first half of the season recently? My belief is that some people think this happens more than it really does.
Good point. All hail BomberJet, guy on the internet who watches football on the weekends and reads message boards.
