Originally posted by Fantaztic7
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After the success Teddy had replacing an injured Drew Brees, teams were willing to throw $20M/year at him. There was no way Teddy or the Saints knew if and when Brees was retiring. You don’t pay Teddy $20M or ridiculously backload his contract just to be a backup or have him as the official heir at QB. The Saints simply didn’t have cap space and when you still have your future HoF QB leading the team, you make an effort to build around him in the hopes of competing for a title. You act like NO letting Teddy walk in free agency is an indictment on Teddy. It’s a numbers game and they didn’t have the starting position available for him at the start of 2020 and didn’t know when they would because at that point Brees hadn’t showed signs of slowing down and he hadn’t sustained those brutal injuries yet.
Carolina was a bad year, no matter how you want to approach it. Rookie HC and OC. Terrible OL. McCaffrey played in 3 games. Teddy was able to support two 1,000 yard receivers in Anderson and Moore, and almost a third with Samuel. He was looking good before an injury later in the year hampered his play. He turned the ball over fairly often and the team had redzone issues. He didn’t have the athleticism or arm talent to overcome the shortcomings on their offense. So despite career-highs in almost every passing category, Carolina with a new GM in 2021 moved on from him. Fitterer wanted to start his tenure with a different QB, perhaps one that fit Joe Brady’s system more. Like beast, I view the trade for Darnold as a lateral move at best. Look what fans are saying now.
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