The Carolina Panthers practiced inside Bank of America Stadium this morning and played their first training camp scrum.
Here are six takeaways from the media in attendance.
Teddy Bridgewater’s Good Start
There likely won’t be many highlights from this practice due to restrictions on what journalists are allowed to show this year. We will therefore have to settle for a box score for the moment. For what it’s worth, Bridgewater had a great day based on the raw stats.
The Riot Report says he started 9/13 for 159 yards and two touchdowns and had another wiped out by a penalty.
The Panthers just had a two-hour scrum inside BoA Stadium (thread)
Bridgewater started 9/13 for 159 yds and 2 TD (Manhertz and CMC) against a variety of defenses (all QBs made reps against both starters and saves)
The final exercise erased Mike Davis TD’s reception (from Teddy) taking.
– Josh Klein (@joshkleinrules) 22 Aug 2020
Strong numbers, but they should be taken with an unhealthy dose of salt as Bridgewater faced backups as well as starters. Also, some analysts predict that the Panthers will have the worst defense in the NFL this year, so there’s a good chance they’ll make a lot of quarterbacks look good.
That said, it’s another positive sign for Bridgewater, who has done everything right so far – including staying late to get extra reps. He continued this trend today.
The players are long gone. Except for Teddy Bridgewater. pic.twitter.com/guFLoHvbWJ
– Bill Voth (@PanthersBill) 22 Aug 2020
Things can always change once the live matches start. Right now, that looks a lot like Teddy Bridgewater’s team.
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