They were crying and praying for Teddy Bridgewater on that fateful day when they feared not merely for the loss of an NFL career, but for his leg. They called 9-1-1 and the ambulance came for Teddy Bridgewater and Vikings coach Mike Zimmer canceled practice because the afternoon had turned to mourning.
It is 22 months later and Teddy Bridgewater is a Jet, still chasing a dream that appeared shattered as he lay screaming on a Winter Park practice field days before the 2016 opener, his left knee so gruesomely dislocated and torn his teammates could not even look at it, and some of those that did started vomiting.