Last year when the Detroit Lions signed Teddy Bridgewater, it was a nice boost to the quarterback room, giving Detroit some much-needed insurance at the quarterback position. But from the minute that signing was made, coach Dan Campbell noted that Bridgewater’s impact was going to go well beyond his own position.
“He would come in, day before the game, and he would take those young receivers out, go through the whole game plan,” Campbell said of Bridgewater during their collective years with the New Orleans Saints. “Tell them what they are looking for: ‘Here is the coverage, here is what I am thinking, how are you running this?