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#pounditFriday, March 29, 2024

Teddy Bridgewater ‘wanted to get hit’ during preseason game

Teddy Bridgewater

Many quarterbacks are just looking to escape the preseason without suffering an injury and hope to avoid contact. Teddy Bridgewater approached Thursday’s game with a different mentality.

Bridgewater is returning from a devastating knee injury suffered prior to the 2016 season and competing for the New York Jets’ starting quarterback job. He looked pretty good too, going 10-of-15 for 127 yards, a touchdown and an interception against Washington. He also rushed once for four yards.

Bridgewater said after the game that he wanted to get hit to challenge himself.

His mentality actually makes sense. Bridgewater needs to prove to himself that he can compete at the NFL level and that he is ready to take the physical pounding after missing so much time. He looked great on Thursday and was very accurate with his passes.

If the Jets aren’t planning to keep him, they will probably find a few takers on the trade market.

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