Teddy Bridgewater Retiring

I always thought he was a class act. Very sad his knee injury de-railed his promising career.

This moment when Teddy Bridgewater returned to the football field 474 days after his brutal knee injury was special.

Happy retirement, Teddy! pic.twitter.com/2w4lfK1un1

— VikingzFanPage (@vikingzfanpage) August 9, 2026

Teddy Bridgewater was one of the few QB’s in Minnesota Mike Zimmer had a soft spot for.

Congrats on retirement @coach_h2o! pic.twitter.com/Cqdfdiyt2u

— VikingzFanPage (@vikingzfanpage) August 9, 2026

Teddy Bridgewater has earned approximately $66.6 million in total cash earnings over his NFL career, according to tracking by Over The Cap. [1, 2]

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Good for Teddy!

Hard to believe its been 12 years now since he was drafted...

Cricket wrote:

https://x.com/vikingzfanpage/status/2086516379901911345?s=20

I really thought Teddy was the perfect QB for Zimmer. Played exactly Zimmers style. They could have been special together. We will never know.

greediron wrote:

Yup, something is rotten in Detroit. Lots of surprise retirements over the last few years.

Detroit has lost their starting cb and back up QB and PS hasn't started yet. Brutal

Today they lost their newly extended starting center for a couple weeks...IMO, especially in TC/Preseason this kind of stuff effects how teams start.

Detroit Lions signed veteran quarterback Josh Dobbs to a one-year contract worth up to $1.425 million, featuring $475,000 fully guaranteed. He fills the backup role vacated by Teddy Bridgewater’s sudden retirement.

Mattyman wrote:

Detroit has lost their starting cb and back up QB and PS hasn't started yet. Brutal

Yup, something is rotten in Detroit. Lots of surprise retirements over the last few years.

Teddy is doing good work down here in North Miami, that's where his heart is.

Has he not retired like 3x already? Anyways, congratulations to a seemingly great person who has made a ton of money. Hope he enjoys life after the pros.