Teddy Bridgewater is returning to Detroit.
The veteran quarterback will come out of retirement and is anticipated to signal with the Detroit Lions, NFL Media reported Thursday. Bridgewater, 32, performed for the Lions in 2023, serving as Jared Goff’s backup.
Bridgewater retired after his first stint with the Lions, electing to change into a coach at his alma mater, Miami Northwestern High, for the 2024 season. After serving to the varsity win the Florida Class 3A state title, Bridgewater has expressed his need to affix a crew for the house stretch of the season.
“Coach Teddy, hopefully, we’ll see how these subsequent week and a half, two weeks play out, signing with a crew or one thing,” Bridgewater he told NFL Media on Dec. 17. “And then get again to teaching highschool soccer in February. So we’ll see.
“That’s the plan,” the previous quarterback added when requested if he was severe a couple of potential return. “My crew is aware of that is the plan. We needed to win a state championship after which the coach comes again to the league, sees what occurs, after which comes again in February within the offseason, continues to educate highschool soccer. So we’ll see the way it goes you play.”
The Lions do not essentially want a quarterback getting into the ultimate weeks of the common season. Goff is wholesome and has been among the best passers this season. However, if something had occurred to Goff, Hendon Hooker would have been subsequent. The second-year quarterback, who the Lions took within the third spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft, has solely logged rubbish time snaps throughout his younger NFL profession.
Bridgewater, in the meantime, will present Detroit with a longtime possibility if something had been to occur to Goff. The 10-year veteran additionally performed for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and the Miami dolphins. He went 33-32 as a starter in his profession, however hasn’t began a sport since his stint with the Dolphins in 2022. He went 0-2 as a starter that yr, throwing for 683 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions in 5 video games.
The Lions are 13-2 this season and might clinch the No. 1 seed within the NFC with a win over the San Francisco 49ers and a rout of the Vikings over the weekend.
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