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Teddy Bridgewater seems to stick with his decision as principal football coach at Northwest High School in Miami, which ultimately led to this NFL The quarterback was suspended after leading the team to a state championship.
Speaking in the media on Wednesday after signing a one-year contract with the media Tampa Bay Pirates This week, Bridgewater explained the thought process behind the incident that led to his suspension last month.
Northwest Miami’s Teddy Bridgewater improved the state trophy after defeating Raines in the Class 3A Championship on December 14, 2024. (Specially done by Chet Peterman/Post/ USA Today network via Imagen Images)
He began, “Honestly, I think everyone knows that I am just a cheerful person, a cheerful gift giver. I am a protector. I am a father first.
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“When I decided to coach, those players became my sons and I wanted to make sure I just tried to protect them. I think that’s what happened.”
Bridgewater is suspended Last month, providing financial benefits to players – he said before that he had notified the school. He explained in a Facebook post last month that he personally provided the team with Uber rides, meal costs and physical therapy funds.
He reached out on social media for donations: “So, I no longer need to take it from my personal funds to keep the smile on these young people’s faces and remind them that they are important.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (16) conducted a drill on August 6, 2025 at the AddentHealth Training Center at a pirate location in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Bridgewater was later suspended, a decision a few months after he led the school to a Class 3A state championship in the fall.
Bridgewater doubled its mood on Wednesday.
“Northwest Miami is in a tough neighborhood, and sometimes when kids come home and things like that, things can happen. So, I’m just trying to protect them and get them home, not they don’t have to take those dangerous walking trails. I just hope people continue to see me for the people I’ve arrived from the NFL, and from the time I arrived, I’ve been in college in Louisville, and he’s just a humble guy, a mean guy, a mean guy, a mean guy, a big guy, a big guy after big guy after big guy after big guy after big guy after big guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy when guy after guy in the NFL, I’m just a humble guy, a mean guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy in the NFL, I’m just a humble guy, a mean guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy after guy in the NFL, I’m just a
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, assistant. General Manager Mike Greenberg and General Manager Jason Licht were united during a training camp at a Pirates’ Adventhealth Training Center in Tampa, Florida on August 5, 2025. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Now he’s back in the league after retirement in December Join the Detroit Lions Bridgewater said in the playoff chase that he hopes he will continue to inspire players.
“He showed us he could get into the NFL, he showed us what he could coach, he showed us you could take different paths of life and I hope they will notice that.”
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