Teddy Bridgewater isn't where he wants to be.
He recently signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to be a backup quarterback. But he wishes he wasn't even in the NFL at the moment.
Bridgewater would rather be coaching.
He was the head coach at Miami Northwestern High School. But he was suspended there for giving improper benefits to players.
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Bridgewater makes the case that he was doing his best to help his players who needed it.
“It’s very upsetting,” Bridgewater told the Associated Press. “Just knowing that you have good intentions and those good intentions will be turned against you and used against you.”
Bridgewater gained lots of joy out of coaching high school football, which he shared more about in his interview with the AP.
“I can make a ton of money playing football,” Bridgewater said. “Coaching high school ball, I get nothing. But it’s not even about the money. It’s about giving those kids a building block to go out into the real world and be productive.”
He does say he wants to go back to Miami Northwestern if he gets the chance down the road.
“I’m hoping to get it resolved because those kids have a special place in my heart,” Bridgewater said. “And I’d love to finish what I started with them.”
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Bridgewater is 32 years old, still capable of sticking around on NFL depth charts for a while if he wants to.
For now, he'll try to make the case he should be Baker Mayfield's QB2 instead of Kyle Trask.
But at his core, Bridgewater wants to be leading a team of his own as a coach, helping set the example for the next generation. This stop with the Buccaneers is just somewhere he has to be for right now.
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