{"id":395007,"date":"2024-05-18T18:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395007"},"modified":"2024-05-18T19:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T19:03:39","slug":"watch-former-nfl-qb-new-miami-northwestern-coach-teddy-bridgewater-plays-in-high-school-scrimmage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395007","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Former NFL QB, new Miami Northwestern coach Teddy Bridgewater plays in high school scrimmage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has already added plenty of intrigue during spring practices for the Miami Northwestern (Fla.) football team, <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/teddy-bridgewater-northwestern-football-spring-debut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where hundreds of fans have turned out for the Bulls&#8217; workouts<\/a> to catch a glimpse of the new coach.<\/p>\n<p>And the Pro Bowler recently gave the collective\u2014including the team\u2014quite a treat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teddy Bridgewater had to show them how it\u2019s DONE <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f624.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude24\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coach_h2o?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@coach_h2o<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Coach Teddy came in for one drive and had a 3-play TD drive. Light work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z2bnFNh9qT\">pic.twitter.com\/z2bnFNh9qT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 305 Sports (@305Sportss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/305Sportss\/status\/1791276124741280248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The three-play touchdown drive during a spring practice might be the first in high school history to capture such massive attention on social media, a perk of having such a\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">popular<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0coach on the sidelines \u2014 or, in this case, under center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, there were also elements of the footage that stood out beyond the famous play-caller, with a bit of warranted focus on the yards after the catch by wideout Darius Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That type of athleticism will make any QB look good, regardless of NFL experience. And it&#8217;s that type of prowess that should have the first-year coach feeling positive about the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Miami Northwestern alum, Bridgewater has plenty of work to do heading into the 2024 season<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, where the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Bulls will have to handle a tough Florida high school schedule that includes matchups against <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/category\/football-super-25\">Super 25<\/a> contenders like Norland (Maim, Fla.) and Columbus (Miami, Fla.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last season, the team went 4-6 and finished third in the district.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/west-virginia-new-rules-bonus-points-running-clock\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission implements new football rules for this fall<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/london-yes-the-one-in-england-set-to-host-powerhouse-football-program-de-la-salle\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">London, England set to host powerhouse football program De La Salle<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/high-school-football-will-the-most-career-passing-yards-record-ever-be-broken\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Nearly 11 miles in the air: Will the most career passing yards record ever be broken?<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Teddy&#8217;s still got it!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=395007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395009,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395007\/revisions\/395009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}