{"id":317328,"date":"2026-08-09T20:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317328\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:06:27","slug":"teddy-bridgewater-leaves-lions-again-in-possible-nfl-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317328\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Bridgewater leaves Lions again in possible NFL retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teddy Bridgewater is leaving the Lions again, and this time he might be retiring from the NFL for good.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old quarterback, who reunited with the Lions as a free agent in March after spending last season with the Buccaneers, is stepping away from the team, head coach Dan Campbell revealed Sunday, and retirement is \u201clikely,\u201d according to NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known Teddy a long time, and man, the human being is unbelievable,\u201d Campbell told reporters. \u201cCertainly the player, everything that he\u2019s about, the type of teammate that he is, the way he prepares, always played the game up here (points to head) and had a huge heart. He\u2019s gonna be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40260654\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/detroit-lions-quarterback-teddy-bridgewater-136416056.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater looks on following training camp at Meijer Performance Center in Allen Park, Michigan, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. \" class=\"wp-image-40260654\"  \/>Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater looks on following training camp at Meijer Performance Center in Allen Park, Michigan, on Sunday, August 2, 2026.  IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The Lions later struck a one-year deal with Josh Dobbs to be their new backup to Jared Goff, allowing undrafted rookie free-agent signing Luke Altmyer to remain third-string. Dobbs is getting $1.425 million with $475,000 guaranteed, according to NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater first joined the Lions in 2023 and retired at the end of that season, becoming a high school coach in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>He would re-sign with the Lions in 2024 the day after Christmas and made a brief appearance during a playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>A first-round pick by the Vikings in 2014, Bridgewater was a Pro Bowler in his second season but suffered a brutal leg injury during camp in 2016 and became a journeyman, which included a brief preseason run with the Jets in 2018 before he was traded to the Saints.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40260656\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-practice-nfl-football-teams-136274259.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Lions quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater (5) and Jared Goff (16) talk during practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Allen Park, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-40260656\"  \/>Detroit Lions quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater (5) and Jared Goff (16) talk during practice at the NFL football team\u2019s training camp in Allen Park, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. AP Photo\/Paul Sancya<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans is where Bridgewater met Campbell, who at the time was the team\u2019s tight ends coach.<\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater famously led the Saints to five straight wins during the 2019 season while Drew Brees was out with a thumb injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater was the starter for the Panthers in 2020 and the Broncos in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>He became the Dolphins\u2019 backup in 2022 before joining the Lions in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 8 of 15 passes for 62 yards across four appearances for the Buccaneers last season.<\/p>\n<p>If Bridgewater\u2019s career is done, he finishes with 15,182 yards passing, 75 touchdowns and 47 interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teddy Bridgewater is leaving the Lions again, and this time he might be retiring from the NFL for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2675,9,11,10,22,319,119619],"class_list":["post-317328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-detroit-lions","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-teddy-bridgewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}