Breaking News: Packers See Long-Time Starter Come Out Of Retirement To Join NFC North Rival (Report)

The Green Bay Packers have relied on competent quarterback play over the last three decades to maintain their success. It is something that other franchises in the NFL have either copied or tried to copy.

We haven’t seen consistent quarterback play throughout the rest of the NFC North like Green Bay has over that time span. However, today it was announced that one rival is doing what they can to beef up their quarterback room.

Breaking: Packers See QB Come Out Of Retirement To Join NFC North Rival (Report)

Oct 30, 2023; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (10) throws a pass during warmups before the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports

Following a state championship with his high school alma mater, Teddy Bridgewater announced he was coming out of retirement on Thursday:

Lions coach Dan Campbell said Bridgewater’s return does not mean the team is disappointed with current backup quarterback Hendon Hooker.

Bridgewater had said last week that he wanted to return to the NFL after coaching Miami Northwestern Senior High School, his alma mater, to the Class 3A Florida High School Athletic Association state title earlier this month.

“My team knows that’s the plan. We wanted to win a state championship and then Coach goes back to the league, see what happens, and then come back February in the offseason, continue coaching high school football. We’ll see how it plays out,” he told NFL Network’s “The Insiders” last week.

A source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Thursday that Bridgewater has received NFL coaching inquiries in recent weeks but that he wants to try to win a championship as a player before entertaining those opportunities.

Bridgewater, 32, spent last season as the Lions’ backup quarterback behind starter Jared Goff.

Here is a look at Bridgewater’s career stats:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
2014	22	MIN	NFL	QB	13	12	6-6-0	259	402	64.4	2919	14	3.5	12	3.0	137	44.7	87	7.3	6.61	11.3	224.5	85.2	51.6	39	249	8.84	6.05	5.46	3	3	9
2015	23	MIN	NFL	QB	16	16	11-5-0	292	447	65.3	3231	14	3.1	9	2.0	153	40.9	52	7.2	6.95	11.1	201.9	88.7	57.7	44	307	8.96	5.96	5.70	1	1	14	PB

2017	25	MIN	NFL	QB	1	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0			0.0	-22.50		0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-22.50	0	0	0
2018	26	NOR	NFL	QB	5	1	0-1-0	14	23	60.9	118	1	4.3	1	4.3	8	36.0	18	5.1	4.04	8.4	23.6	70.6	31.3	2	8	8.00	4.40	3.40	0	0	0
2019	27	NOR	NFL	QB	9	5	5-0-0	133	196	67.9	1384	9	4.6	2	1.0	67	47.1	45	7.1	7.52	10.4	153.8	99.1	50.9	12	89	5.77	6.23	6.66	1	2	5	AP CPoY-5
2020	28	CAR	NFL	QB	15	15	4-11-0	340	492	69.1	3733	15	3.0	11	2.2	174	46.1	75	7.6	7.19	11.0	248.9	92.1	56.8	31	205	5.93	6.75	6.37	0	0	13
2021	29	DEN	NFL	QB	14	14	7-7-0	285	426	66.9	3052	18	4.2	7	1.6	146	46.0	64	7.2	7.27	10.7	218.0	94.9	53.4	31	211	6.78	6.22	6.32	0	1	10
2022	30	MIA	NFL	QB	5	2	0-2-0	49	79	62.0	683	4	5.1	4	5.1	32	45.3	64	8.6	7.38	13.9	136.6	85.6	49.5	7	45	8.14	7.42	6.26	0	0	2
2023	31	DET	NFL	QB	1	0		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0			0	0				0	0	0
9 Yrs					79	65	33-32-0	1372	2067	66.4	15120	75	3.6	47	2.3	717	44.6	87	7.3	7.02	11.0	191.4	90.5		166	1114	7.43	6.27	6.00	5	7	53
17 Game Avg					17	14	33-32-0	295	445	66.4	3254	16	3.6	10	2.3	154	44.6		7.3	7.02	11.0	191.4	90.5		36	240	7.43	6.27	6.00	1	2	11

MIN (3 Yrs)					30	28	17-11-0	551	851	64.7	6150	28	3.3	22	2.6	290	42.6	87	7.2	6.72	11.2	205.0	86.3		83	556	8.89	5.99	5.53	4	4	23
NOR (2 Yrs)					14	6	5-1-0	147	219	67.1	1502	10	4.6	3	1.4	75	45.9	45	6.9	7.16	10.2	107.3	96.1		14	97	6.01	6.03	6.31	1	2	5
CAR (1 Yr)					15	15	4-11-0	340	492	69.1	3733	15	3.0	11	2.2	174	46.1	75	7.6	7.19	11.0	248.9	92.1		31	205	5.93	6.75	6.37	0	0	13
DEN (1 Yr)					14	14	7-7-0	285	426	66.9	3052	18	4.2	7	1.6	146	46.0	64	7.2	7.27	10.7	218.0	94.9		31	211	6.78	6.22	6.32	0	1	10
MIA (1 Yr)					5	2	0-2-0	49	79	62.0	683	4	5.1	4	5.1	32	45.3	64	8.6	7.38	13.9	136.6	85.6		7	45	8.14	7.42	6.26	0	0	2
DET (1 Yr)					1	0		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0			0	0				0	0	0