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- Teddy Bridgewater set to return to the NFL with the Buccaneers to back up Baker Mayfield</p>
<p>ROB MAADDIAugust 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM</p>
<p>FILE - Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (12) throws against the Washington Commanders during the first half of an NFL football divisional playoff game, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ()</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater is nearing a return to the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.</p>
<p>Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Bridgewater is visiting the team and the Bucs plan to sign him.</p>
<p>The Buccaneers will be the eighth team in 12 seasons for the 32-year-old Bridgewater.</p>
<p>Bridgewater coached his former high school in Miami to a Class 3A state championship last fall and then returned to the NFL in late December to serve as a backup to Jared Goff for the playoff-bound Lions.</p>
<p>He would provide insurance for the four-time defending NFC South champions behind Baker Mayfield. The Buccaneers also have veteran Kyle Trask, who has thrown 11 passes in four seasons since he was a second-round pick in 2021.</p>
<p>Mayfield returned to practice Tuesday after missing a couple of days because of a hand contusion.</p>
<p>Bridgewater said last month that he was suspended from coaching Miami Northwestern High School because he provided players with financial benefits that he says he reported to the school.</p>
<p>"I'm not going anywhere," Bridgewater said on social media post. "And if it comes down to it, I will volunteer from the bleachers like I used to in 2018 and 2019 when no one had a problem."</p>
<p>Bridgewater, a first-round pick by Minnesota in 2014, is 33-32 as a starter and made the Pro Bowl after his second season when he led the Vikings to an 11-5 record. He also spent time with the Jets, Saints, Panthers, Broncos and Dolphins.</p>
<p>Bridgewater has completed 66.4% of his passes for 15,120 yards, 75 touchdowns, 47 interceptions and a 90.5 passer rating.</p>
<p>Buccaneers offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard was an assistant coach in Miami in 2022 when Bridgewater backed up Tua Tagovailoa.</p>
<p>Buccaneers defensive line coach Charlie Strong was Bridgewater's head coach at Louisville.</p>
<p>Tampa Bay's quarterback room also includes Michael Pratt and Connor Bazelak. Pratt, a seventh-round pick out of Tulane by Green Bay in 2024 who signed to the Buccaneers' practice squad last August, has been sidelined by a back injury. Bazelak signed as an undrafted free agent out of Bowling Green where he spent the final two of his six college seasons.</p>
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