{"id":805981,"date":"2026-03-11T07:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805981\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:32:18","slug":"nfl-free-agency-teddy-bridgewater-returning-to-the-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805981\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL free agency: Teddy Bridgewater returning to the Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the Detroit Lions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-free-agency\/159140\/nfl-free-agency-the-detroit-lions-will-need-a-new-backup-qb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost backup quarterback Kyle Allen to free agency<\/a>\u2014signing a two-year deal with the Buffalo Bills\u2014the Lions are bringing back veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. As first reported by NFL Network, Bridgewater is re-signing with the Lions after spending a year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As of this publishing, there are no available contract terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThat was something he did really good for us (in New Orleans),\u201d Campbell said back in 2023. \u201cHe would come in the day before the game, and he would take those young receivers out, go through the whole game plan, tell them what they\u2019re looking for. \u2018Here is the coverage, here is what I\u2019m thinking. How are you running this? No, I do not like that.\u2019 He ran the scout teams, he was competitive, running cards. It was just awesome, man. He\u2019s that type of guy, an unbelievable teammate. He\u2019s a pro. He\u2019s a vet. He handles his business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Williams\u2019 career took off shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for how Bridgewater can handle the Lions offense is something happens to Jared Goff? Well, there\u2019s not a ton of proof one way or another. Bridgewater has thrown just 15 total passes in the past three seasons\u2014going 8-for-15 for 62 yards in a single game appearance for Tampa last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Regardless, Bridgewater is a good person to have in the locker room. And in the meantime, the Lions can continue to look for a longer-term, younger backup quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Detroit Lions lost backup quarterback Kyle Allen to free agency\u2014signing a two-year deal with the Buffalo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[11309,153,2705,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-805981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-free-agency","9":"tag-detroit-lions-news","10":"tag-detroit-lions-transactions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116209382010786603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}