Culpepper was knocked for small hands and he was also plagued with fumbilitis for a few years. I mean, he had real fumble problems. So, by comparison, Daunte had a hand size of 9 1/2, whereas Teddy's is 9 1/4. I think there's some cause for concern there, but Bridgewater is a different quarterback than Daunte.
He's astute at reading defense, anticipation and accuracy. If he's getting the ball out of his hands quickly, then that lessens the risk potential for fumbling. He's also not going to be running the ball and scrambling around like Culpepper did.
I came in here to post that I voted for 'thrilled,' but I wanted to address that when I saw it being discussed.
PacificNorseWest wrote:Small hands for a QB can be a death knell.
Culpepper was knocked for small hands and he was also plagued with fumbilitis for a few years. I mean, he had real fumble problems. So, by comparison, Daunte had a hand size of 9 1/2, whereas Teddy's is 9 1/4. I think there's some cause for concern there, but Bridgewater is a different quarterback than Daunte.
He's astute at reading defense, anticipation and accuracy. If he's getting the ball out of his hands quickly, then that lessens the risk potential for fumbling. He's also not going to be running the ball and scrambling around like Culpepper did.
I came in here to post that I voted for 'thrilled,' but I wanted to address that when I saw it being discussed.
We also shouldn't make the assumption that small hands is why Culpepper fumbled a lot, because we don't know that. That's an easy conclusion to jump to, but do all other "small hands" QBs have similar problems?
Webbfann wrote:
We also shouldn't make the assumption that small hands is why Culpepper fumbled a lot, because we don't know that. That's an easy conclusion to jump to, but do all other "small hands" QBs have similar problems?
You must not have watched too many Culpepper games, because his small hands plagued him his whole career with fumbling issues.
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Purple bruise wrote:
You must not have watched too many Culpepper games, because his small hands plagued him his whole career with fumbling issues.
I watched many Culpepper games, but having small hands and fumbling a lot doesn't mean the small hands was the cause of the fumbles. It could be he ran a lot, which he did. It could be he didn't protect the ball. Could be both. And small hands may or may not have played a major role in it. If they did, you'd expect all other small hands QBs would be fumblers too.
Webbfann wrote:
We also shouldn't make the assumption that small hands is why Culpepper fumbled a lot, because we don't know that. That's an easy conclusion to jump to, but do all other "small hands" QBs have similar problems?
Quarterbacks with small hands fumble. It's why something as silly sounding as hand size is such a big deal for quarterbacks.
It's not an assumption with Culpepper either. A lot of his fumbles were flat out ridiculous and straight from grip issues.
Ahhhhh Baloney. I don't buy this small hands crap. Protect the football no matter how big your hands are. Tuck it away tightly and Teddy will be just fine
PurpleKoolaid wrote:I think they should get Teddy to start wearing gloves all the time.
He was asked in the interview about them and said he'd be wearing them.
Was nice to hear an interview without all the "uh" and "ya know" like the last two clowns (TJoke/Ponder). Even if it was nothing but cliches, his brain doesn't slow down when he has to start processing more than one read...
Laserman wrote:Ahhhhh Baloney. I don't buy this small hands crap. Protect the football no matter how big your hands are. Tuck it away tightly and Teddy will be just fine
Righto...Teddy fumbled 3 times per year average in college, so that equals about 4 or 4+ in NFL. Hardly noteworthy. Rodgers fumbles at least 5 times more years than not, and I don't hear anyone calling him a fumbler.
Bigger hands help quarterbacks handle the ball and perhaps also help them throw it. Mr. Bales recorded the hand measurements for every quarterback drafted since 2008 and also found data for some older quarterbacks. The average N.F.L. hand size for a quarterback is now 9.6 inches, he said. “Some of the top ‘short’ quarterbacks (6-2 or shorter) of the past decade have ridiculously large hands — Drew Brees (10.25 inches), Russell Wilson (10.25 inches), Brett Favre (10.38 inches),” he wrote. (The average length of a male hand is 7.44 inches.)
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