Teddy Bridgewater is making his return to the NFL. According to multiple reports, the quarterback is coming out of retirement to join the Detroit Lions. The Lions were the last te

Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement from the NFL to sign with the Detroit Lions after coaching a high school football team to a state championship.

The Detroit Lions have added to their quarterback room. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of

Just weeks after former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater led his high school alma mater Miami Northwestern to a Florida state championship, he is expected to come out of retirement and return to the NFL. Bridgewater will sign with the Detroit Lions, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell addressed the team's decision to sign quarterback Teddy Bridgewater at a Thursday press conference.

The Detroit Lions are bringing back Teddy Bridgewater to give the team a veteran backup quarterback for their playoff run.

Bridgewater then took over head coaching duties at Miami Northwestern, which won the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A state title last month 41-0 over previously undefeated Jacksonville Raines. The team finished 12-2 on the season and outscored opponents 262-12 in their five playoff games.

Bridgewater decided it was the right time to return to the NFL if a team would have him. He found a suitor in a coach he's known well from his stops in New Orleans and Detroit: Lions head coach Dan Campbell. "I've been in contact with Teddy for a while.

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The Detroit Lions signed Teddy Bridgewater to be their backup quarterback. A few weeks ago he won a state championship as Miami Northwestern coach.

The former University of Louisville star spent last season as the Detroit Lions' backup quarterback. He retired from the NFL, then was hired to coach Miami Northwestern Senior High School, his alma mater.