Like, ‘Man, I don’t know what just happened, but I know there’s someone out there maybe going through something worse than I am, so I just have to keep my faith and believe that everything is going to be alright.’”īridgewater continued to impress Tuesday, as he practices with a brace over the knee and a sleeve over his leg. … That was the first thing that came to my mind. “So that was my biggest takeaway from it. “It was scary, but at the end of the day, I was still breathing,” Bridgewater said. But Bridgewater was able to stay calm, and put things into perspective, because he thought of his mother. The moments after his injury were chaotic and terrifying. And plus, the cancer feeds off negativity, so I have to be positive.’” “She would always say, ‘There’s someone out there who’s situation is way worse than mine,” Bridgewater said. ![]() When Bridgwater’s mother was battling cancer, she remained relentlessly upbeat. I just feel like that’s something she instilled in me and I’m glad that I have that trait.” “My mom, with her situation, battling breast cancer and defeating that. And he has no doubt where he got it from: his mother, Rose Murphy, who beat breast cancer when Bridgewater was a teenager. ![]() But just knowing Teddy’s personality and the drive he has, doesn’t surprise me.”īridgewater, 25, takes pride in his fighting spirit. “Having not been injured like that, I can’t even relate to someone having injured like that. “That’s probably one of the worst injuries I’ve seen since the LT-Theismann injury,” Jets coach Todd Bowles said Tuesday, to the iconic 1985 Monday Night Football injury that became an iconic example of how brutal football can be. And then he dropped back, tripped awkwardly and damaged his leg so extensively that doctors worried about amputation. One moment, Bridgewater was a 23-year-old with a promising future. They refused to talk about what they saw. And when training camp starts next month, he’ll have a legitimate shot to win the Jets’ starting quarterback job.īridgewater’s left knee bent so unnaturally, at such a grotesque angle, that months later his teammates cringed when they thought about it. He looked comfortable scrambling in the pocket. Tuesday, nearly 22 months after that devastating day, Bridgewater continued to build on his impressive spring. That faith has carried Bridgewater back to the highest level of professional football. ![]() So I think I was impressed with the way I kept my faith.” “There were guys throwing helmets, guys on knees, and I didn’t cry, I didn’t worry, I just knew that it was in God’s hands. “As gruesome as it may have seemed, I feel like I did a great job of remaining poised,” Bridgewater said Tuesday before the Jets’ first minicamp practice. But he also remembers feeling something else entirely. Around him, teammates were recoiling and screaming in horror at what they’d seen. It was Augand Bridgewater, the starting quarterback for the Vikings, had crumpled to the ground at the start of practice without being touched. FLORHAM PARK - One look at Teddy Bridgewater’s knee told the story.
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