Backup QBs to the Rescue
The Lead
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🗓️ 28 October 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Drew Brees returned to the Saints' lineup yesterday, but it was his backup, Teddy Bridgewater, who got the biggest cheers. Bridgewater led the Saints to a perfect 5-0 record while Brees recovered from a thumb injury and established himself as a Saints folk hero in the process. Bridgewater is one of many backup QBs who have been thrust into the NFL spotlight this season, as star QB after star QB has gone down injured. We trace Bridgewater's remarkable path to this moment -- including overcoming a life-threatening injury -- and ask what the future holds now that his stock has risen.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, Kavita quarterbacks get hurt a lot in the NFL. |
| 0:10.9 | You know, it's sort of the nature of the game. |
| 0:13.2 | But this year, it's been pretty extreme. |
| 0:15.4 | I believe this is the most physically destructive and devastating start to any NFL season. |
| 0:21.0 | And you mentioned you got drew breeze Ben Rothisberger, Cam Newton, Pat Mahomes, Matt Ryan, |
| 0:26.0 | Nick Foles. |
| 0:27.0 | I mean, these aren't just any quarterbacks. |
| 0:29.7 | These are franchise players and in some cases future hall of famous. |
| 0:34.0 | And that doesn't even include Andrew Luck retiring before the season started. |
| 0:37.7 | Or Sam Darnold getting mono. |
| 0:40.6 | What all of this means, of course, is that backups have been thrust into the limelight in |
| 0:45.5 | these really high pressure situations with teams that have a legitimate shot at a championship. |
| 0:51.3 | And so today, we're going to speak with the athletics Larry Holder about one of those |
| 0:54.7 | backups, a guy who has overcome incredible odds and helped position his team. |
| 0:59.6 | For an unlikely Super Bowl run. |
| 1:02.3 | And I would even say, Kavita, that this Teddy Bridgewater story, this is the feel good story |
| 1:07.3 | that America didn't know it needed right now. |
| 1:09.6 | Okay. |
| 1:10.6 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:13.2 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:14.7 | It's Monday, October 28th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:18.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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