Backup quarterback Hendon Hooker was listed as a potential cap casualty.

Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater made a unique football move in 2024: He retired after spending the 2023 season with the Lions, coached a high school football team in Florida in 2024, and then returned to the Lions roster in late December.

Goff went to the locker room in the second quarter to be evaluated for a concussion following a brutal hit by Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu. The hit occurred as the Lions' starting quarterback attempted to chase down the Commanders' Quan Martin after throwing a backbreaking interception that was returned for a touchdown.

At 23 his NFL career was derailed by a catastrophic knee injury, but it never kept Bridgewater from making an impact.

The Detroit Lions chose veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater over Hendon Hooker to back up Jared Goff against the Washington Commanders on Saturday night. Detroit kept Bridgewater active and listed Hooker as the emergency quarterback for the divisional ...

Kory and Ben discuss the team's now-official coordinator hires, and give their thoughts on the futures for the team's 21 unrestricted free agents.

Bridgewater did not log any stats with the Lions during the 2024 regular season. Bridgewater retired from football ahead of the 2024 campaign, only to return to Detroit on a one-year deal in late December to serve as a backup option to starter Jared Goff.

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It feels like this is an ongoing saga that gets talked about way more than any other backup quarterback gets talked about. Maybe it's because the Detroit Lions drafted Hendon Hooker in the third-round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

Hooker completed six of nine passes for 62 yards while also adding five carries for two yards over three games in 2024.

However, Williams celebrated the touchdown with "obscene gestures," per the verbiage handed down by the NFL. He was fined $25,325 for unsportsmanlike conduct. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound receiver had little statistical impact on the rest of the game, as he finished with just one reception for 19 yards in the loss.