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Teddy Bridgewater criticizes Panthers' practice habits
Teddy Bridgewater Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater criticizes Panthers' practice habits

Weeks ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers traded with the New York Jets for former first-round pick Sam Darnold and then sent veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to the Denver Broncos.  

Bridgewater's tenure in Carolina lasted only one season, but he nevertheless had some interesting things to say about the organization, head coach Matt Rhule and offensive coordinator Joe Brady during an appearance on the "All Things Covered" podcast hosted by Patrick Peterson and Bryant McFadden. 

"As an organization, there’s things you can do better," Bridgewater explained, according to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. "I’ll just say this, for Joe Brady’s growth, that organization, they’ll have to practice different things in different ways. One thing we didn’t do much of when I was there, we didn’t practice two-minute, really. We didn’t practice red zone. . . . You walk through the red zone stuff and then Saturday you come out and practice red zone, but you’d only get like 15 live reps. Guys' reps would be limited." 

Bridgewater seems content in Denver and ready to compete with Drew Lock for starting duties, but his latest comments show that he and the Panthers going in different directions ahead of training camp sessions was probably best for everybody involved. 

Perhaps Darnold will find more success in Carolina's two-minute offense later this year. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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