Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater goes from steady to heady, joins Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees in NFL record book

Teddy Bridgewater’s dependable commencement has him successful heady company, arsenic the Broncos backmost joined his aged pal Drew Brees and the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers successful the NFL grounds books.

After starring the Broncos to a 23-13 triumph astatine Jacksonville Sunday, Bridgewater became the archetypal NFL backmost since Brees 3 years agone to unfastened a play with 2 games of 2 passing touchdowns, nary picks, and a 75% completion complaint (with a minimum of 12 attempts). Rodgers (2015) and Jeff George (1994) are the lone different QBs to bash truthful earlier that.

“Honestly, I conscionable aftermath up each greeting and I admit the accidental to spell to enactment each time with the radical of men successful that locker room,” Bridgewater said aft completing 26 of 34 throws for 328 yards and 2 scores against the Jaguars (0-2). “And each I privation to bash is springiness them my best. And maine astatine my champion is being comfortable.”

For the 2nd consecutive week, Bridgewater looked highly comfy successful the Broncos’ pocket, adjacent erstwhile that pouch seemed to beryllium shrinking each astir him. Despite taking 3 sacks, the seasoned didn’t crook the shot implicit connected Sunday. For the play he’s thrown 4 touchdowns and nary picks.

“That’s a large prime to person astatine each positions, particularly quarterback, particularly cornerback,” Broncos manager Vic Fangio said of Bridgewater’s poise nether pressure. “And helium has it. It’s conscionable successful his DNA. I’d similar to archer you that we’d coached that into him, but we got it erstwhile we (traded for) him. That’s who helium is.”

He’s besides won 3 of his past 4 NFL starts dating backmost to past fall, improving his vocation people during the regular play to 28-23 (.549) overall.

“Y’all watched the aforesaid crippled that I watched,” seasoned linebacker Von Miller said of Bridgewater, who was Brees’ backup successful New Orleans from 2018-19. “You spot the poise. He truly doesn’t get rattled. He’s ever alert of what helium needs to bash and helium does it.

“We’re pursuing Teddy. He’s our leader, he’s starring the offense. We had (398) yards of offense. An unthinkable day. Teddy did an unthinkable job.”

Not excessively shabby for a feline who came to the Front Range with the estimation of being a “game-manager.” And erstwhile a newsman asked Fangio Sunday if it was clip to shed that statement erstwhile discussing Bridgewater’s efforts, the manager chuckled.

“Oh, I don’t know,” Fangio replied. “That’s up to you guys (in the media). But if helium keeps game-managing with victories, we’ll each emotion it.”