LOS ANGELES -- The NFL’s highest-paid backup quarterback may have just become the most important one, too.
So far, Teddy Bridgewater's brief tenure with the New Orleans Saints has been less than awe-inspiring. But now that Drew Brees is expected to undergo thumb surgery -- Adam Schefter reports Brees is expected to be out for six weeks -- the Saints need Bridgewater to start delivering on their faith in him.
The Saints have invested way more in Bridgewater than any other backup quarterback during the Brees-Sean Payton era -- trading a third-round draft pick for him last summer, then re-signing him to a one-year deal worth at least $7.