I get that people were tired of Cam. I don't agree with it, but I get it.
I do not get that people think Bridgewater is the answer. Seems like people are talking themselves into it.
i wouldn't qualify myself as someone that was tired of cam, but when luke suddenly retired and almost our entire defense was set to depart via free agency, it was a reality we had to adjust to. there's no two ways about it regarding our defense. we're going to stink. we're going to stink badly. the secondary is in shambles and in a pass heavy league, that's a death sentence especially if you can't pressure the quarterback. there are no veteran pass rushers of consequence left on the roster. we had some really decent rotational pass rushers with addison, irvin, mccoy, horton, etc. and they're all gone. brian burns, christian miller, and marquis haynes are going to be handed that baton and the drop off there is obvious. burns is going to be a great player eventually, but he's still raw and his injury last season limited him severely and that's a cause for concern. but when donte jackson is your cb1, you're already in trouble. i would have obviously preferred they handled the situation with cam more gracefully, but the breakups are almost always bad with franchise quarterbacks.
bridgewater probably isn't "the answer" in the sense that he's going to become the starter and push back any plans we have of drafting our future at quarterback, but there has been too much stat scouting on his time with the vikings without a real understanding of what that situation was. but as far as this offense goes, they've gone a long way towards fixing a lot of what failed us last season on that side of the ball. i think we have a league average offense if we can make ian thomas or seth devalve a starting caliber tight end in the pass catching game. bridgewater is a fantastic choice to put the ball on people in short routes and spend a lot of time on the field. that will help the defense.