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Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was brought in via trade by the Broncos the day before the draft, signaling that the team would no longer be targeting a quarterback with their first round draft pick. That turned out to be true as Denver now enters the preseason with a quarterback competition between Bridgewater and 2020 starter Drew Lock. Bridgewater joins the team after having started 15 games for the Panthers in 2020. He threw for a career high 69.1 completion percentage, as well as career highs in both passing yardage (3,733) and touchdowns (15). Despite this, Bridgewater narrowly held on to a top-20 quarterback season and without a substantial change to his play style, he's probably never going to be a QB1 for fantasy, even though he's joining a Denver team that is loaded at the skill positions.
Bridgewater's checkdown style does benefit running backs in the passing game as well as short-to-intermediate pass catchers like Noah Fant. Him being the starter probably isn't ideal for wide receivers Courtland Sutton and Jerry Jeudy, however, and it would likely be especially poor for deep threat KJ Hamler.
Current ADPs have Bridgewater and Lock ranked almost identically, so there doesn't yet appear to be a consensus on which player will actually end up starting in Week 1, but either way, Bridgewater is outside even QB2 rankings and should be avoided in everything other than 2QB and Superflex formats.
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Teddy Bridgewater will start Week 1 for Broncos
Drew Lock is the backup
By: Mike Krueger | Wed Aug 25, 11:59 am
|  | Quarterback Competition 2021 is over and the winner is Teddy Bridgewater.
Broncos coach Vic Fangio told the team Wednesday morning Bridgewater had edged out Drew Lock to be the team’s starter in the Sept. 12 season opener at the New York Giants. The Broncos’ Twitter account made the announcement official. (Denver Post)
FFToday's Take: Lock was going to have to significantly outperform Bridgewater in camp to win the starting this job. This announcement may bring more consistency to the offense but less downfield excitement. It's not out of the question to think Lock will make some starts at some point this season.
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