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Teddy Bridgewater seemed to defend his decisions as a football coach of Miami Northwestern High School, which finally resulted in NFL The field marshal was suspended after taking the team to a state championship.
In statements to the media on Wednesday after signing a one -year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers This week, Bridgewater explained his thinking process behind the events that led to his suspension last month.
Teddy Bridgewater of Miami Northwestern elevates the state trophy after the victory of the raines in the class 3rd championship on December 14, 2024. (Chet Peterman/ Special to the post/ USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
“Honestly, I think everyone knows that I am only a cheerful guy, also a cheerful giver. I am a protector. I am a father first first of all,” he began.
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“When I decided to train, those players became my children and wanted to make them protect them in the best way I can. I think that’s what arose.”
Bridgewater was suspended Last month to provide players financial benefits, something he said previously informed school. In a Facebook publication last month, he explained that he personally financed Uber’s trips, meal costs and physiotherapy treatment for the team.
He communicated with social networks asking for donations, “so I don’t have to take from my personal funds to maintain smiles on the faces of these young people and remind them that they matter.”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Campa Marshal, Teddy Bridgewater (16), goes through an exercise during the training field on August 6, 2025, at the Adventhealth training center in One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
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Later, Bridgewater was suspended, a decision that took place months after he took school to a state class 3 championship in autumn.
On Wednesday, Bridgewater doubled the feeling.
“Miami Northwestern is in a difficult neighborhood, sometimes things can happen when children walk home and different things like that. So, I just tried to protect them, take them home instead of having to take those dangerous walks. I just want people to continue seeing me by the person I have been at the time I arrived at the NFL, from the moment I arrived at the University of Louisville, only has a big heart and a big heart and a big heart and a big heart and a animator and a big heart and a big heart and an amateur.
Tampa Bay Bucaneers chief coach, Todd Bowles, Field Marshal Teddy Bridgewater, Astst. General Manager Mike Greenberg and General Manager Jason Licht come together while everyone smiles during training camp training on August 5, 2025, at the Adventhealth Training Center in One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Now that he has returned to the league after leaving retirement in December. To join Detroit’s lions In his search for playoffs, Bridgewater said he hopes he can continue to serve as inspiration for his players.
“He is showing us that he can reach the NFL, he shows us that he can train, he shows us that there are different ways of life that you can take, and I hope they are taking note of that.”
