Quote:Greg Cosell breaks down what Norv Turner is having to do to make things work with him.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://sports.yahoo.com/news/greg-cosells-qb-study-play-calling-to-maximize-teddy-bridgewater-173341470.html'>http://sports.yahoo.com/news/greg-cosells-qb-study-play-calling-to-maximize-teddy-bridgewater-173341470.html</a>


Not sure this is sustainable. If Cosell can break this down rather easily, so will opposing teams.


<p class="bbc_indent" style="margin-left:40px;">"He’s a 6-foot-2 quarterback who, because he has a low, practically sidearm delivery, throws more like he’s 5-11."


<p class="bbc_indent" style="margin-left:40px;">"Bridgewater is a young quarterback who breaks down in the pocket when he senses or perceives pressure. He’s very reactive to pressure; he’s not a late-in-the-down quarterback yet. He needs a clean pocket and more functional space than most quarterbacks."


<p class="bbc_indent" style="margin-left:40px;">"Turner called defined throws for Bridgewater on third downs. Bridgewater has “slow eyes.” He still doesn’t eliminate what’s not there quickly enough. So Turner adjusted by calling a lot of passes in which the design is to get a receiver open on a defined read right away in the middle of the field, in Bridgewater’s line of vision."



That's quite a lot of compensation for the QB that some billed as "most pro ready" and currently in his third year.


That begs the question... what happens when Norv Turner's contract is up after 2016?


And... what was the "coaching decision" to rest Bridgewater last night about?

I like knocking Bridgewater with the best of them and don't think he'll ever amount to much but... 1) The Vikings line has been god awful for Teddy pass blocking wise. Has been sacked on 8.9% of his drop backs and broke the record for number of passes thrown away apparently 2) Vikings have had nobody receivers the last two years 3) Norvs scheme is notoriously finicky to learn and does not suit Bridgewater at all. 4) Was kept out of the game because the line is really bad and didn't want the Seahawks killing him/ wanted to see how the backups are more than they wanted to play Teddy and risk an injury

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