A team weaning itself off its first-round pick at quarterback settled on a replacement who’d worked with its play-caller before, only to have to play catch-up after NFL rules prohibited teams from meeting this offseason.
Sound familiar?
Teddy Bridgewater and the Panthers faced the exact same challenges that Nick Foles and the Bears have detailed since he took over as the starter. The Panthers, though, are weeks — maybe even months — ahead, the result of their immediate commitment to Bridgewater as the starter.
Bridgewater took every starting snap in preseason practice and has taken every one thus far during the season.