Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater made a unique football move in 2024: He retired after spending the 2023 season with the Lions, coached a high school football team in Florida in 2024, and then returned to the Lions roster in late December.

The Detroit Lions making the decision to sign Teddy Bridgewater late in the 2024 season has left many wondering about the future of backup quarterback Hendon Hooker. Despite having spent the entire season away from football and coaching high school football,

With Aaron Glenn leaving Detroit to become the head coach of the New York Jets, which Lions players could he take with him?

At 23 his NFL career was derailed by a catastrophic knee injury, but it never kept Bridgewater from making an impact.

For his accomplishments on the high school football field, Bridgewater is the Miami Herald’s Football Coach of the Year for Classes 3A-1A. Bridgewater guided the Bulls to a 12-2 season just one season after they went 4-6 and missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

Teddy Bridgewater and Marcus Mariota duking it out in the NFC divisional round — who would’ve thought? The former, fresh off a state championship as the head coach of his high school alma mater in January,

Goff went to the locker room in the second quarter to be evaluated for a concussion following a brutal hit by Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu. The hit occurred as the Lions' starting quarterback attempted to chase down the Commanders' Quan Martin after throwing a backbreaking interception that was returned for a touchdown.

Bridgewater played for the Lions in 2023 and retired at the season's end before coming out of retirement and re-signing with the Lions on Dec. 26.

Bridgewater did not log any stats with the Lions during the 2024 regular season. Bridgewater retired from football ahead of the 2024 campaign, only to return to Detroit on a one-year deal in late December to serve as a backup option to starter Jared Goff.

Hendon Hooker is inactive as the team's emergency third quarterback for the divisional-round game against the Commanders.

Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater made a unique football move in 2024: He retired after spending the 2023 season with the Lions, coached a high school football team in Florida in 2024 ...

Fromm spent the 2024-2025 season on the Lions practice squad. Now he'll have an opportunity to fight for an active roster spot.