Feel free to point out the post where I was wound up. As I've said before, Bridgewater isn't a perfect prospect, but pointing out the fact he throws with a glove is simply nitpicking.

 

Nitpicking to you.  It's not about the glove, it's about throwing without it.  Teddy threw one pass at Louisville without the glove.  Do you know what happened?

 

There's nothing wrong with asking questions.  But when questions go unanswered, then that tends to justify the question itself.  And there's my problem with the hype surrounding him.  I don't feel there's been much vetting at all re: Ted.  Everyone says... yup, we like him.  Does everything.  Has everything.  Nobody is saying what's keeping him from being the consensus #1, because otherwise he should be if he's as some advertise.  Why does everyone seem afraid to anoint him... and on the other side... explain what it is about him that keeps him from being the consensus #1.  Why is no one talking?  Something just doesn't add up about the situation to me.  Does that seem normal to you?  To me it's as if folks are saying one thing but feeling another.  Otherwise, guys like Bortles and Manziel shouldn't even be in the conversation.  But they are.. and sometimes even ahead of Ted.  This, to me, is what is raising as much doubt about Ted as the other two.  It simply doesn't seem to add up.  But... I suppose we won't know until it all goes down, and they start work with their new teams.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Nitpicking to you.  It's not about the glove, it's about throwing without it.  Teddy threw one pass at Louisville without the glove.  Do you know what happened?

When is he going to have to throw without a glove in the NFL?  I think that's the point that's being made here.

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

When is he going to have to throw without a glove in the NFL?  I think that's the point that's being made here.

Pirks is a very very slick troll

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When is he going to have to throw without a glove in the NFL? I think that's the point that's being made here.

This. It's the only question I have.

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When is he going to have to throw without a glove in the NFL?  I think that's the point that's being made here.

 

But unfortunately the original question still remains.

 

Why not throw without it?  What's there to hide?

 

If he has trouble gripping the football and that's why he uses the glove.  Fine.  Check.  Question answered.  That's why he'll be throwing with gloves.  Moving on.

 

Yet, in truth, it's not quite that trivial at all.  Folks point to the Cincinnati game and wonder how he'll perform in bad conditions even with them on.  "What difference does it make?"  Well, yes.  That does matter.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

But unfortunately the original question still remains.

 

Why not throw without it?  What's there to hide?

 

If he has trouble gripping the football and that's why he uses the glove.  Fine.  Check.  Question answered.  That's why he'll be throwing with gloves.  Moving on.

 

Yet, in truth, it's not quite that trivial at all.  Folks point to the Cincinnati game and wonder how he'll perform in bad conditions even with them on.  "What difference does it make?"  Well, yes.  That does matter.

Ok King Goblin

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But unfortunately the original question still remains.

 

Why not throw without it?  What's there to hide?

 

If he has trouble gripping the football and that's why he uses the glove.  Fine.  Check.  Question answered.  That's why he'll be throwing with gloves.  Moving on.

 

Yet, in truth, it's not quite that trivial at all.  Folks point to the Cincinnati game and wonder how he'll perform in bad conditions even with them on.  "What difference does it make?"  Well, yes.  That does matter.

 

The fact is if he has trouble with grip on the football... then he's trying to compensate for a weakness.  Meaning that he identified his weakness, and found a way to deal with it.  That's personally the kind of player I'd want.  One that can identify their weaknesses, and find a way to improve however they can.

 

If Blaine Gabbert could be a franchise QB by just putting on a pair of gloves, I'd be all for it.  I'd certainly never be bothered by it.

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

The fact is if he has trouble with grip on the football... then he's trying to compensate for a weakness.  Meaning that he identified his weakness, and found a way to deal with it.  That's personally the kind of player I'd want.  One that can identify their weaknesses, and find a way to improve however they can.

 

If Blaine Gabbert could be a franchise QB by just putting on a pair of gloves, I'd be all for it.  I'd certainly never be bothered by it.

 

I completely agree.  That's why it's a legitimate question to ask (and no reason for it not being asked.)

 

So... what, again, is so "wrong" about asking a question?  I believe we've evolved beyond "nitpicking" at this point.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

But unfortunately the original question still remains.

 

Why not throw without it?  What's there to hide?

 

If he has trouble gripping the football and that's why he uses the glove.  Fine.  Check.  Question answered.  That's why he'll be throwing with gloves.  Moving on.

 

Yet, in truth, it's not quite that trivial at all.  Folks point to the Cincinnati game and wonder how he'll perform in bad conditions even with them on.  "What difference does it make?"  Well, yes.  That does matter.

 

I've heard him speak about it. His reasoning is that he'd rather be completely used to having the glove on as opposed to not wearing one when the weather's fine and wearing one when the conditions are iffy. It's for consistencies sake.

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I completely agree.  That's why it's a legitimate question to ask (and no reason for it not being asked.)

 

So... what, again, is so "wrong" about asking a question?  I believe we've evolved beyond "nitpicking" at this point.

I don't see anything wrong with asking the question about why he wears a glove.  I do think it's kind of obvious though.  I think he's simply more comfortable using a glove, and that's probably at least partly due to the fact that he's got smallish hands.  Then you've got a munchkin like Manziel who has freakishly large hands for a man of his stature. 

 

Peyton Manning wears a glove on his throwing hand.  He does it because it improves his grip since all of his neck issues.  I think it's safe to assume that Bridgewater is wearing a glove for much the same reason.  It makes it easier to grip the football.  That wouldn't be a deal breaker for me, but then again, I've never been overly impressed with Teddy.  I am not sold that he's a franchise level QB.  I think he's got a lot of the tools to be successful, but there are things about him that I find questionable. 

 

Would I be disappointed if we drafted him?  Not really.  But, I wouldn't immediately declare our QB issues solved if we did.

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

_{Arguing about a QB prospect wearing a glove when Peyton and Brady wear them at times?  SMH.....}

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I don't see anything wrong with asking the question about why he wears a glove.  I do think it's kind of obvious though.  I think he's simply more comfortable using a glove, and that's probably at least partly due to the fact that he's got smallish hands.  Then you've got a munchkin like Manziel who has freakishly large hands for a man of his stature. 

 

Peyton Manning wears a glove on his throwing hand.  He does it because it improves his grip since all of his neck issues.  I think it's safe to assume that Bridgewater is wearing a glove for much the same reason.  It makes it easier to grip the football.  That wouldn't be a deal breaker for me, but then again, I've never been overly impressed with Teddy.  I am not sold that he's a franchise level QB.  I think he's got a lot of the tools to be successful, but there are things about him that I find questionable. 

 

Would I be disappointed if we drafted him?  Not really.  But, I wouldn't immediately declare our QB issues solved if we did.

 

Not sure why you were so pro Leftwich and now are lukewarm on Teddy. Teddy is every bit the QB that Leftwich was, but without the sloth-ness. Leftwich was always praised for his cerebral approach to the game, well, guess what if anything Teddy's even better in that dept. and he also doesn't have Leftwich's liabilities. 

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Not sure why you were so pro Leftwich and now are lukewarm on Teddy. Teddy is every bit the QB that Leftwich was, but without the sloth-ness. Leftwich was always praised for his cerebral approach to the game, well, guess what if anything Teddy's even better in that dept. and he also doesn't have Leftwich's liabilities. 

 

It's obvious you never watched Leftwich play in college.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

It's obvious you never watched Leftwich play in college.

 

Yes, I did. What did I say about Leftwich that you disagreed with? Leftwich put up slightly better yardage and TD numbers, but he also had the benefit of playing in an offense that let him pass more than Charlie Strong's team did. Strong was more partial to the running game. Bridgewater in his final 2 college seasons put up better YPA than Leftwich did in his final 2 seasons. Had Bridgewater been in an offense that allowed him to pass as much as Leftwich did, Bridgewater would have almost certainly had the better numbers. Extrapolated stats bear that out. 

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Only if you're scared to show that you can't grip the football without them.

 

Teddy doesn't throw without gloves for the most part. He did it like once in college. He's going to keep the gloves in the NFL. So why does it even matter? You're asking a question about something that isn't going to happen. It's like asking how an F-16 pilot would fly a P-51 in war, it literally doesn't matter because it won't happen.

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The NFL ball is too big for those baby hands

 

The NFL uses the 1001 ball, college uses the 1005 ball. The 1005 ball is actually bigger. #Strangefacts

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Yes, I did. What did I say about Leftwich that you disagreed with? Leftwich put up slightly better yardage and TD numbers, but he also had the benefit of playing in an offense that let him pass more than Charlie Strong's team did. Strong was more partial to the running game. Bridgewater in his final 2 college seasons put up better YPA than Leftwich did in his final 2 seasons. Had Bridgewater been in an offense that allowed him to pass as much as Leftwich did, Bridgewater would have almost certainly had the better numbers. Extrapolated stats bear that out. 

 

I wish Teddy would have come back to college for one more year. Can you imagine him in Bobby Petrino's offense? OMG, they might have broken a few records! lol.

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Maybe he has poor circulation in his hands and they are always cold.

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I wish Teddy would have come back to college for one more year. Can you imagine him in Bobby Petrino's offense? OMG, they might have broken a few records! lol.

I don't blame him for not coming back to play for an awful human being like Bobby Petrino

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I don't blame him for not coming back to play for an awful human being like Bobby Petrino

Didn't he decide to leave Louisville before Charlie Strong interviewed with Texas?

 

When he wasn't being disrespectful to his hometown fans (who have no love-loss for "Two-Faced Teddy") at the small-time bowl game, Bridgewater was speaking of his college days as past-tense.

 

Is there something about Bobby Petrino that makes him an awful human being?

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First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi

 

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