There’s been some quarterback movement on the even of the NFL Draft.
The Carolina Panthers traded Teddy Bridgewater to the Denver Broncos in exchange for a sixth-round pick, the Broncos announced on Wednesday.
Bridgewater now joins a Denver team alongside Drew Lock in what will likely be a quarterback competition for the starting job.
The trade does not take the Broncos out of the running to draft a quarterback, however, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Broncos hold the ninth overall pick and could be in position to draft one of the top five quarterbacks available, or even trade up. Denver could also choose to draft a quarterback in the later rounds, such as Kyle Trask of Florida or Kellen Mond of Texas A&M.
Bridgewater, who signed a three-year, $63 million season with the Panthers last offseason, struggled in his return to a starting role — throwing for 3,733 yards and 15 touchdown to 11 interceptions and a completion percentage of 69.1% en route to a 4-11 record.
It was the first time Bridgewater played a full season since his gruesome knee injury with the Vikings in 2016.
The former first-round pick had spent years getting back to that point, serving as a backup with the New Orleans Saints in 2018 and 2019, the latter in which he stepped in for an injured Drew Brees and went 5-0.
The Panthers have decided to go in a different direction, though, trading for Sam Darnold earlier this month.
It is actually the second time Bridgewater has been traded to be replaced by Sam Darnold. In 2018, Bridgewater was with the Jets for training camp alongside Darnold before the team traded him to New Orleans in order to let Darnold start right away as a rookie.
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