We'll try, but Teddy's way too sharp for media

I've only watched Teddy Bridgewater's inter-play with media first-hand a couple of times, but my veteran observation skills tell me that this fellow is going to be a problem for my younger colleagues who will be covering him around here for the next dozen years.

And here's the problem, media cohorts: Teddy is way sharper than us – me … and you, too.

He's a friendly kid, answers questions in a polite manner, but you're not getting anything from Bridgewater that he doesn't want to give you.

Best I can tell, he doesn't care what we say about him, he doesn't care what we write about him, he doesn't seem to care that much that he fell from near the top of the NFL draft's first round to the bottom …

My read on him: There's plenty of ego and confidence there, but very little of it is based on what outsiders – meaning Mel Kipers and beat writers and sports columnists and bloggers and national TV analysts – have to say about him.

Bridgewater wants the admiration of his coaches, his teammates and others in the building at Winter Park, and of his brethren against whom he will be competing in the NFL --and we outsiders are welcome to get on board or not, it's no sweat off his back.

I know you're sick of hearing about Derek Jeter, but that's what I see in Bridgewater: As with Jeter, Teddy's going to do his media duty, but the real insights into him are going to be few, and the emotions will never be laid bare.

On Tuesday, he did the quarterback's weekly media session near the practice fields at Winter Park. He answered questions about his tweaked ankle, and about falling in the draft, and finally there was this question:

Did you know Brett Favre was the last Vikings quarterback to go into Green Bay and come back with a win?

Bridgewater could have dismissed this with a "no,'' but paused for a second and said:

"I had no idea. That's an interesting fact, a cool fact. It's always good to learn something new every day.''