Teddy Bridgewater overcame a lot of adversity to become a starter again. He suffered a very serious knee injury going into his 3rd season as the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback prior to the start of the 2016 season. The injury caused him to miss an entire season and have to team jump a bit. He spent the entire 2020 season as a full-time starter for the Carolina Panthers. It was his first time being a full-time starter since 2015.
Let’s take a look at how many times the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, and Carolina Panthers won games against teams with a winning record with Teddy Bridgewater as their starting quarterback.
I started to dive into this stat for every quarterback because the new hot argument is to say that a certain quarterback didn’t beat anyone good. I often see people use this argument to say players like Kirk Cousins and Matthew Stafford are not good and just put up empty stats.
First off and most importantly, quarterback wins are a team statistic. Secondly, very few quarterbacks in the NFL have a winning record against teams who finished the season above .500 in the league.
See every QB’s record against winning teams
What is Teddy Bridgewater’s record against winning teams?
Since entering the NFL in 2014, Teddy Bridgewater is 4-14 (.222) against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
In 2020, Teddy Bridgewater was 0-6 (.000) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Buccaneers (loss)
- Saints (loss)
- Chiefs (loss)
- Buccaneers (loss)
- Packers (loss)
- Saints (loss)
In 2019, Teddy Bridgewater was 1-0 (1.000) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Seahawks (win)
In 2018, Teddy Bridgewater was 1-0 (1.00) against winning teams as the starting quarterback.
- Steelers (win)
What quarterbacks have a winning record against winning teams?
There are currently 6 active NFL quarterbacks with winning records against winning teams.
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Lamar Jackson
- Patrick Mahomes
- Russell Wilson
- Tom Brady
You can digest that information on your own. The only thing I want you to take away from this is that it is extremely rare to have a winning record against teams that finished the season with a winning record.
