3 reasons the Broncos Teddy Bridgewater experiment was a waste of time
3. The Broncos have forsaken a year of Drew Lock for Teddy Bridgewater
We have seen a lot of the Denver Broncos playing or coaching not to lose in the 2021 season, a maddening strategy that ultimately always seems to lead to losing.
Choosing Teddy Bridgewater over Drew Lock in the first place signified the “playing not to lose” sentiment.
This argument may frustrate a lot of you, but the decision to go with someone other than Drew Lock made no sense unless that player was substantially better, which Bridgewater was not in preseason play.
Lock just made his first start of the season in Las Vegas and he’s slated to make just his second start of the season in Los Angeles. He had been poor in relief opportunities prior to the Cincinnati game, but we’ll never know for sure what kind of season Lock could have had getting every rep, every single week.
Maybe it would have been much of the same from what we saw a season ago. It’s hard to fault Vic Fangio for doing what he thought was best to preserve his job in Denver, but a lot of Drew Lock’s lack of development has to do with Vic Fangio’s clear disdain and lack of trust for the young QB.
Even if Lock would have stunk badly in the 2021 season, the Denver Broncos would be right where they are now anyway, and the team would at least know that they know that they know.
Maybe the receivers would have been more productive along the way.
The lost year for Drew Lock, to me, is an unforgivable mistake by Vic Fangio and his staff, whose decision to roll with Teddy Bridgewater has been all but a waste of time in 2021.