Teddy Bridgewater read a locker room the way Jack Nicklaus read the back nine at Augusta. During sweltering Kentucky summers, the new Denver Broncos quarterback would pick up incoming freshmen and transfers at Louisville to make sure they got to meetings and training sessions. His empathy with teammates was almost as renowned as his feel inside the pocket.
Got a problem? Talk to me. Door’s open. Bridgewater didn’t just talk to make himself heard. He listened.
“Teddy, he’s a giver,” Shawn Watson said Tuesday of Bridgewater, one of his star pupils over a four-decade coaching career stacked with bright lights.