09-03-2016, 01:21 PM
(09-03-2016, 12:08 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Trading a 1st for a QB makes me wonder just how optimistic they are that Teddy will even play in 2017. But yea, I'm pretty curious if they called Mike and what the offer may have been. Then again, does Mike Brown really do the trade thing? We can always hold the Palmer trade out there as a shining moment but that's a pretty big outlier. It's like calling a guy a financial whiz because he managed to hit the lottery.
Anyways, a 1st rounder and a 4th rounder doesn't exactly seem like a one-year rental to me. That's just a few shades removed from Hue's Palmer deal, and I can only assume Hue was expecting Palmer to be in Oakland for more than a year or so...ergo, I wonder if they are keeping an option to move on from, or slowly bring Teddy back open.
Bridgewater is making peanuts both this season and next year (about $2 million a year). The Vikings only have to pay Bradford $7 million this year (Eagles already paid his $11 million signing bonus), and though he is due $18 million next year none of it is guaranteed.
This is actually a very good deal for the Vikings. They gave up a first round pick, but if Bridgewater returns next year they save enough in cap space to sign a top free agent. They also get ayear to see how well Bradford plays this year. If he stinks it up they can cut him without any additional cost.
