Teddy Bridgewater and Marcus Mariota duking it out in the NFC divisional round — who would’ve thought it?
The former, fresh off a state championship as the head coach of his high school alma mater in January, hadn’t thrown a pass in the National Football League in 748 days.
Bridgewater, though, doesn’t look to have lost a step.
The veteran signal-caller found himself in the thick of the action for a brief spell on Saturday night after Jared Goff took an ugly hit on the preceding drive in the second quarter of the Lions’ 45-31 upset loss to the Commanders.
Bridgewater’s spell was so brief, only because the Lions reached the end zone in just three plays.
Lining up under center at Washington’s 27-yard line with his team down 10 points, Bridgewater, on his first passing play, hit Jahmyr Gibbs on a quick-out route for three yards.
It seems the play inspired enough confidence in head coach Dan Campbell, who, with a fresh set of downs,…
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