Looking at Teddy Bridgewater, he’s a little better than what I was expecting. He had a good rookie year, and he got better as the year wore on. He had the two dud games early, throwing for under 190 yards against the Lions and Bills, with 5 interceptions. But he came around. He tossed a touchdown in each of his final 10 games, and he completed a lot of passes.
In the second half of the season (the final eight games for each team) Bridgewater completed 67 percent of his passes. That was 4th-best in the league. Not bad for a rookie.
I’m still not overly interested in trying to draft Bridgewater. But maybe. He’ll be a No. 2 quarterback in most every 10- and 12-team league.
On this chart, I’m including all quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts in the eight games in the study.
| COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, GAMES 9-16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pct | Yds | TDP | Int |
| Tony Romo | 72.0% | 1,707 | 19 | 3 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 69.3% | 2,138 | 13 | 6 |
| Drew Brees | 68.8% | 2,428 | 18 | 9 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 67.2% | 1,866 | 12 | 7 |
| Matt Ryan | 67.2% | 2,388 | 13 | 6 |
| Robert Griffin III | 66.7% | 1,389 | 4 | 6 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 65.8% | 2,572 | 16 | 6 |
| Geno Smith | 65.7% | 1,155 | 6 | 3 |
| Peyton Manning | 64.9% | 2,155 | 15 | 10 |
| Philip Rivers | 64.9% | 2,073 | 11 | 13 |
| Jay Cutler | 64.6% | 1,719 | 11 | 10 |
| Tom Brady | 63.8% | 2,050 | 15 | 7 |
| Mark Sanchez | 63.8% | 2,216 | 12 | 9 |
| Aaron Rodgers | 63.7% | 2,289 | 19 | 2 |
| Eli Manning | 63.6% | 2,478 | 14 | 9 |
| Andy Dalton | 63.5% | 1,524 | 11 | 11 |
| Shaun Hill | 63.4% | 1,576 | 8 | 6 |
| Russell Wilson | 63.3% | 1,806 | 9 | 4 |
| Alex Smith | 63.3% | 1,573 | 7 | 2 |
| Kyle Orton | 62.7% | 1,890 | 9 | 7 |
| Joe Flacco | 62.2% | 1,937 | 13 | 5 |
| Matthew Stafford | 59.4% | 2,041 | 11 | 5 |
| Drew Stanton | 58.6% | 1,182 | 5 | 5 |
| Andrew Luck | 57.6% | 2,030 | 18 | 7 |
| Cam Newton | 56.8% | 1,484 | 10 | 8 |
| Colin Kaepernick | 56.1% | 1,413 | 7 | 5 |
| Derek Carr | 55.7% | 1,559 | 10 | 5 |
| Blake Bortles | 55.4% | 1,524 | 5 | 5 |
| Josh McCown | 54.4% | 1,786 | 9 | 10 |
| Brian Hoyer | 51.6% | 1,312 | 2 | 9 |
—Ian Allan