The Pat Shurmur Effect

The best years of Bradford’s career came when Pat Shurmur was his offensive coordinator. It started in 2015, when Bradford was the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Shurmur was in his third season as the offensive coordinator of the Eagles. That year, Bradford started in 14 games, throwing for 3,725 yards, 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. He would complete 65% of his passes.

The following year, both Bradford and Shurmur were let go by the Eagles. Both reunited in Minnesota, where Bradford had the best year of his career.

As I said before, he threw for 3,877 yards, 20 touchdowns and just five interceptions that year. It was a very efficient showing from Bradford in 2016.

Even in 2017, Bradford started in just two games (due to injury), but he performed well. He would throw for 382 yards, 3 touchdowns and zero interceptions.

His completion percentage also sat at an impressive 74.4% mark. Case Keenum stepped up in his absence though, getting the Vikings to the NFC Championship.

Now in 2018, Keenum is on the Denver Broncos and Shurmur is the head coach of the Giants. Shurmur has experience with Bradford, so why not see if he could work out with the Giants?

Manning isn’t getting any better at his age, while Bradford could have another one or two good seasons left in him. Of course, there’s the injury issue, especially behind the less than stellar offensive line of the Giants.

I also understand Bradford wouldn’t be the long-term solution to the Giants quarterback issue, but while they continue to search for their guy, bring in someone who is at least capable of making throws consistently.

Bringing in Bradford (on a friendly deal), could prove to be beneficial for a team like the Giants who are searching for answers at the quarterback position.

It wouldn’t wash away the fact they need a long-term solution, but it would at least put a band-aid on it for the time being.