The Carolina Panthers practiced inside Bank of America Stadium this morning and played their first scrimmage of training camp.
Here are six takeaways from the media on-hand.
Teddy Bridgewater’s strong start
There probably won’t be many highlights coming out of this practice due to restrictions on what reporters are allowed to show this year. So, we will have to settle for a box score for now. For what it’s worth, Bridgewater had a fine 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.
Panthers just had a two hour scrimmage inside BoA Stadium (thread)
Bridgewater started 9/13 for 159 yds and 2 TDs (Manhertz & CMC) against a variety of defenses (all QBs did reps vs both starters & backups)
Final drill had Mike Davis TD reception (from Teddy) erased by holding.
— Josh Klein (@joshkleinrules) August 22, 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 are projecting the Panthers will have the NFL’s worst defense this year, so odds are they are going to make a lot of quarterbacks look good.
That said, this is another positive sign for Bridgewater, who has done everything right so far – including staying late to get extra reps in. He continued that trend today.
Players are long gone. Except for Teddy Bridgewater. pic.twitter.com/guFLoHvbWJ
— Bill Voth (@PanthersBill) August 22, 2020
Things can always change once the live games begin. Right now, this looks and sounds a lot like it’s Teddy Bridgewater’s team.