Teddy Bridgewater on Lions return: 'So much left to offer this game'
Returning Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said he and Jared Goff are "a dynamic duo" like Ghost and Tommy from the TV show "Power."
He retired and went into coaching , won a high school state championship at his alma mater then came out of retirement only to be suspended by the Florida High School Athletic Association for doing right by his players and trying to keep them off the Miami streets. When he put retirement on hold for a second time to return to the NFL last summer, Teddy Bridgewater said he felt like he "visited the Fountain of Youth," Now that has led him back to the Detroit Lions , where he'll serve as the backup quarterback to Jared Goff again this fall. SHAWN WINDSOR: Jeff Daniels, Peyton Manning hexed Detroit teams instead of lifting Lions curse "The past couple years I was one foot in, one foot out, contemplating retirement, contemplating playing, coaching, doing all these different things," Bridgewater said in a video conference Monday, March 23, with Detroit reporters.
"And now it's like, 'OK, I've coached, I know what that’s like. I've been retired, I know what that's like. But I just want to keep playing ball.
'" Bridgewater, 33, officially signed a one-year contract with the Lions on Monday to begin his third stint with the team. He first signed with the Lions in 2023, played one game that season and was a valuable veteran presence in the locker room and a trusted second set of eyes for Goff and the offense. Bridgewater told the Free Press late that season he planned to retire to pursue coaching.
He then led Miami Northwestern to a 12-2 record and state championship in 2024 in his only season at the school. He rejoined the Lions as insurance for the 2024 playoffs, played three snaps in a divisional round loss to the Washington Commanders and planned to return to coaching before he was suspended last August for providing impermissible benefits to players, according to the Palm Beach Post , including Uber rides home from practice. Bridgewater completed eight of 15 passes while playing in four games as a backup last season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.