 breaking news happened about 15 minutes ago reported first by very own Adam Schefter the Jets have traded Teddy Bridgewater to the New Orleans Saints and now words coming in that they got a third rounder which is not bad so here's the way I have to look at it the money they gave up that they invested in Bridgewater that they have to pay Bridgewater is a million dollars now he's gonna get paid his five million by the New Orleans Saints now Mike Garifolo just tweeted this out and it does kind of put it in perspective remember the deal the Browns made where they took a 16 million dollar contract on yeah I remember just to get the second round pick so they essentially they paid 16 million dollars for second round pick that's how much they thought a second round pick was worth to them the Jets paid a million dollars for a third round pick and remember they gave up two second round picks to move up in the draft to get Sam Darnold who now with the trade of Bridgewater looks like it's a sure thing that he's going to start on opening night on Monday night so I think this was a smart move by McAgnum the only thing that I would question Don if you held on to him longer and somebody got hurt maybe you get more we remember Sam Bradford got a first round draft pick from the Vikings because Bridgewater went down ironically and I for the Eagles and you know Bridgewater is 25 years old showed that he was healthy you would hope that that knee is going to hold up but I think all in all you could wait you could roll the dice but Mike McAgnum said a third round hand third rounder in the hand is better than anything right and let's also not forget that it was McAgnum that completely wasted the second round pick on Hackenburg right so the fact that he was able to go out pay a million dollars for a third round pick doesn't make us forget that but definitely kind of makes up a little bit for what really was a waste of a pick a couple of years ago now I think this is the reason why they picked up Bridgewater I don't think they had any intention of him necessarily being a part of the 2018 mix hope he was healthy and then turn it into a pick and as far as waiting Michael if you wait and they wait till the deadline which is in October where you're three four games into the season and nobody gets hurt then then you're kind of stuck right now maybe somebody would have gotten hurt and giving you a first round pick but maybe you would wait until the trading deadline and have to give him away for a six or seven because nobody got hurt third round pick I think it's fine it really is you paid almost nothing for it you get to have Sam Donald who's been really good in the preseason but you're starting quarterback the mentor the guy that was really brought back here to be the glorified quarterbacks coach for your rookie quarterback is in place and now you get you get moving I think this is the perfect thing for the jets they could you should not be happy a third round pick I'm astonished I really am because Bridgewater didn't play for the last two years he didn't play a lot with the number ones and against number ones in the preseason so to turn that around for a third round pick I think is a great job by the jets now one thing that that to me is not perfect in this world Bridgewater to me is a better quarterback by a lot than Josh McCown I think the jets obscenely overpaid for a tutor for Sam Donald ten million dollars for Josh McCown is out of this world crazy if they had not given that sort of money to McCown then Bridgewater would be the backup but that would open up a little bit of a Pandora's box because since Bridgewater is 25 and has had success in the league any kind of struggles that Donald has which he's going to have as a rookie playing this league the fans would be chanting for Bridgewater you've eliminated that distraction or possible distraction but when you look at it just from a talent standpoint Bridgewater far better for better quarterback than Josh McCown so if Donald God forbid gets hurt all of a sudden Josh McCown's your quarterback rather than to rather than Teddy Bridgewater but they're not thinking along those lines I just I never understood why they gave McCown ten million dollars who else was giving him that money but when you talked you were with us when we talked to McCown this guy is all in I get it on tutoring the young quarterback with Teddy Bridgewater at 25 knowing that he was only going to be here for one more year looking to try to rejigger his entire career be as much a mentor to the young quarterback as before yeah but it's nice to have a guy this is not a coaching football is living John Gruden that makes ten million dollars but starting quarterbacks make double that right so triple that Aaron Rodgers so when the Jets brought him back there was a chance that McCown would be a starting quarterback right if the plan was to trade Teddy Bridgewater and if Sam Darnell was not ready Josh McCown would be your starting quarterback and that's kind of the going rate for even though he's 39 years old a quarterback plus the Jets had to spend the money they're so vastly under the cap so it really didn't matter that way Jets aren't hurting for money so that was kind of the going rate for what they were looking for and now he can be the backup quarterback and we know that he can be serviceable he was serviceable last year if something happens to Sam but 2018 is about the maturation of the young quarterback to see if they now have the future quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was brought here to maybe push that and turn it around for a pick and that's exactly what they got but I don't know I really don't think there was ever a plan Michael the Teddy Bridgewater is gonna be your starting quarterback in 2018 you're probably right unless Darnell got hurt in the first three games that's the only way he would have been they would have kept them I think according to Manish made of the Dally News an odd scene but Bridgewater was on the bus as the Jets were preparing to go to Philadelphia they weren't on the turnpike at this point they're still in the parking lot right he had gotten wind of the trade according to Manish made up and made it a point to board the team bus ready to go to Philly at the Jets facility so he could say goodbye so this guy handled himself very well yeah always smiled appreciated the second chance he's getting in a career because he almost lost his leg that's how bad this injury was and here he is he's going to back up what is now a 39 year old quarterback on a team that's ready to win right now you know if it wasn't for a freakish once in a lifetime play by the Vikings they they they might have gone to the Super Bowl hey listen you've got a 39 year old quarterback that's gonna turn 40 in January in Drew Brees Saints believe that they can be a championship caliber team and they don't want to throw their year away if their aging quarterback gets hurt they've got savage as a backup I think Bridgewater is better than him so it's a good move by the Saints they do eat you know five million dollars to their cap but I guess they were able to fit it in and now they feel like they've got a guy that they know they can be a quarterback for them if something happened to their 39 year old QB I think it's smart on both sides but a third round pick Michael I think is really great I know you fantasized about somebody going down and turning into a number one but it's a gamble still you know to pay one million dollars in essence for a third round pick after you you know wasted the second round pick on Hakenberg you traded two first round picks to move up to three hey you need got you need picks in a draft and now they've got a third out two second round picks to be able to get to move up to three for Bradford so you listen you got to get stockpile picks and they did that