Rhule: Bridgewater was '権利 fit' because he knows 罪／違反
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - First-year 長，率いる coach Matt Rhule said Teddy Bridgewater´s familiarity with the team´s 不快な／攻撃 計画／陰謀 made him the "権利 fit" at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers and 最終的に 主要な to （機の）カム Newton´s 解放（する）.
Bridgewater spent the 2018 season working under new Panthers 不快な／攻撃 調整者／コーディネーター Joe Brady with the New Orleans Saints and the two developed a の近くに player-coach 関係.
"His 関係 with Joe, knowing the 罪／違反, the things that he has done in this 罪／違反 just made sense to us," Rhule said.
Rhule didn't 直接／まっすぐに answer whether Newton's history of shoulder and foot 傷害s played a 役割 in the 決定／判定勝ち（する）.
Rhule called Newton a "広大な／多数の／重要な quarterback who can play in any system," but 追加するd that Bridgewater's built-in knowledge of Brady's playbook - one that helped LSU 勝利，勝つ a 国家の 選手権 last season - will be helpful for the Panthers in what is 推定する／予想するd to be a 劇的な 縮めるd offseason because of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing.
The Panthers are one of five teams that 雇うd new coaches and were 予定するd to begin a "事実上の" offseason workout program Monday, but the league decided to 延期する the start until more 詳細（に述べる）s can be worked out.
Carolina Panthers 長，率いる coach Matt Rhule speaks during a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 at the NFL football scouting 連合させる in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
"In a year like this 特に where we are all in our homes, I think Teddy is a guy who has been in this 罪／違反, knows this 罪／違反 and had 広大な／多数の／重要な familiarity with Joe," Rhule said. "It just made sense to us."
Newton is a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 for the first time in his nine-year NFL career, and recently said he feels like a fish out of water.
There has been no 指示，表示する物 where he might play this season.
Rhule called the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 解放（する） Newton, the Panthers' No. 1 選ぶ in the 2011 草案, a difficult one. He said he developed incredible 尊敬（する）・点 for the 2015 league 最高殊勲選手 in the 簡潔な／要約する time he spent with him this offseason.
"I have no 疑問 that he will play 井戸／弁護士席," Rhule said of Newton. "He is a 広大な／多数の／重要な quarterback and we have all seen the things that he has done. I just think as we move 今後 we thought this was the 権利 time for us. We saw the 適切な時期 to get Teddy and really felt like he was the 権利 fit for us."
While the Panthers gave Bridegwater a three-year, $63 million 契約, Rhule 追加するd the team wouldn't 支配する out 草案ing a quarterback.
The Panthers have the seventh 全体にわたる 選ぶ in the 草案.
"I don´t know if that´s our 焦点（を合わせる） 権利 now, a first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する quarterback, but at the end of the day if a guy 減少（する）s in your （競技場の）トラック一周 that you think, at any position, you think can change your team. ..." Rhule said.
"When you 草案 you´re not 草案ing for the next 12 months, you´re 草案ing for the next four to five to six years, and hopefully on.´´
Rhule also said:
- The Panthers' biggest area of need entering the NFL dr aft is 追加するing depth on the 弁護.
- He was thrilled to 調印する Browns 防御の 支援する Juston Burris, someone the team had 的d since day one of the offseason.
- He hasn't decided if Shaq Thompson or 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 好転 Tahir Whitehead from the Raiders will play middle linebacker. He feels as if both have the 柔軟性 to play that position in what he 見解（をとる）s will be a "position-いっそう少なく" 弁護.
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Carolina Panthers 長，率いる coach Matt Rhule speaks during a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 at the NFL football scouting 連合させる in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 とじ込み／提出する photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) throws against the Chicago 耐えるs during the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago. The Carolina Panthers have worked out a を取り引きする Teddy Bridgewater to 取って代わる quarterback （機の）カム Newton. A person familiar with the 取引，協定 says Bridgewater is taking a three-year, $63 million 契約 after winning all five of his starts for New Orleans last season.(AP Photo/示す 黒人／ボイコット, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 とじ込み／提出する photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) throws against the Chicago 耐えるs during the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago. Now that we know Philip Rivers won't be 主要な the Chargers into SoFi Stadium in September, the muddied waters of NFL quarterbacking have been （疑いを）晴らすd a bit. Assuming Drew Brees re-調印するs with New Orleans he's pretty much said he will and Teddy Bridgewater 攻撃する，衝突するs the open market, the only unknown in this 部門 is in Carolina.(AP Photo/示す 黒人／ボイコット, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater throws before the New Orleans Saints host the Atlanta Falcons at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. The Carolina Panthers have worked out a を取り引きする Teddy Bridgewater to 取って代わる quarterback （機の）カム Newton. A person familiar with the 取引，協定 says Bridgewater is taking a three-year, $63 million 契約 after winning all five of his starts for New Orleans last season. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Adv ocate 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback （機の）カム Newton (1) walks off the field に引き続いて the Panthers 20-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. The Panthers are parting ways with （機の）カム Newton. Carolina general 経営者／支配人 Marty Hurney said Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 経由で Twitter the team is giving the 31-year-ol d quarterback 許可 to 捜し出す a 貿易（する） _ although the former league 最高殊勲選手 答える／応じるd by 説 he never requested one. (AP Photo/マイク McCarn, とじ込み／提出する)
