Teddy Bridgewater Misses Practice With A Rare Malady

October 23rd, 2025

Smile seemed OK here.

Anyone still have Kyle Trask’s number?

Baker Mayfield was on Wednesday’s injury report. Not good but not surprising.

Mayfield got banged up in the loss to the Lions. Yesterday he seemed fine both at the podium and in the locker room. But Mayfield himself admitted he got bounced around and that he was feeling better yesterday.

He was limited in practice with a sore knee. Concerning, sure. Time to panic? No — until Joe saw the very first name on the injury report.

Backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater did not practice at all yesterday. Just two days after he made his Bucs debut on Monday night taking a knee to kill the clock. Yes, Bridgewater played one snap on Monday night.

The reason the Bucs gave for Bridgewater not being able to practice? A one-word designation: “Teeth.”

So Mayfield didn’t practice much (it was a walk-through) because of a bum knee and his backup, Bridgewater, has some sort of dental issue that prevented him from taking snaps in a “jocks and socks” practice.

36 Responses to “Teddy Bridgewater Misses Practice With A Rare Malady”

  1. TheBucsAnthem Says:

    Geez
    ……..

    Straight up MASH unit

  2. BucsOnDeck24 Says:

    Whoopi Bridgewater

  3. Steve in Mad Beach Says:

    Has anyone talked to my guy about his hair cut? Looks more like a Karen than a football player!

  4. MadMax Says:

    Im telling you, we’ve gotta go after one next draft 3rd rd…Sawyer Robertson if he’s still there, he might go 2nd though. This is no dis to Baker, he’s our guy for ever how many years he can keep at it. But we need a young one in the wings learning behind him and Bridgewater for just such a scenario he’s needed.

  5. BA’s Red Pen Says:

    I still have Kyle Trask’s number Joe, it’s zero.

  6. MelvinJunior Says:

    So, at least 21 now… counting Evans, Goedeke, JMac, & Mauch. Right there about where the Ravens were a few weeks ago, last time I looked at theirs. Between to Bucs & Rays, I don’t know what the hell is happening around here!? Must be somethin’ in the water.

  7. MelvinJunior Says:

    22. Kancey. That was the EXACT number I counted on the Ravens, that day.

  8. MelvinJunior Says:

    Should’ve just bitten the bullet, and turned over the roster for a buncha ‘picks’ and cleared up some more cap, & etc. beginning a couple of years ago… Problem being, we had a coach fighting for his life. He would’ve never survived it. He needed all the help he could get and the FO knew-it! Had to do right by him. It’s been a ‘middle of the road’ team just barely ‘limping” into the playoffs every year, coming outta THE ‘weakest’ division in the league. Not really a true contender, or real threat. Dead cap issues. Picking towards the later part of the draft, Etc. Easy to be stuck there. Not really where you wanna be.

  9. Kenton Smith Says:

    Perfect timing for our bye week. Players need to heal up. Fans need to settle down and relax and watch a little Baseball for a week. Perfect timing for the baseball fans amongst us.

  10. heyjude Says:

    Geesh! I should have read this before commenting on another post about other teams having a lot of injuries too. Thank you for the update, Joe. I think, lol.

    Kenton – Agree, perfect timing for the bye week. Rehab, rest, and heal.

    One of my colleagues was joking with me about the Sanders kids this week, knowing I am pro Shilo and Shedeur. Maybe it’s time we bring in a younger QB to mentor under Teddy and Baker. Shedeur is starting to show growth. Baker and Teddy would be fantastic mentors.

  11. garro Says:

    Umm…Bizarre?

    Go Bucs!

  12. BucU Says:

    Note to Buccaneer strength and conditioning team:

    Next offseason when OTA’s commence whatever you’ve been doing up to this point start doing the exact OPPOSITE. That injury report is PATHETIC. These players are made of glass. I’d venture to say that if you had them lounge on couches and watching TV all day we wouldn’t have this ridiculous amount of injuries leading into the reg season. It’s completely absurd and surreal.

  13. heyjude Says:

    I thought the same thing at first, garro.

    Possibly Teddy had teeth problems/infections and it got to the point he needed oral surgery. With meds, possibly can’t practice? That’s a new one for sure.

  14. Buckit Says:

    So, all the guys that DNP are in such bad shape, they cannot practice at all. Come on now!!

  15. BuccaDAWG Says:

    Man does it seem like the injuries the Bucs have are more than other teams. WHY???

  16. Lt. Dan Says:

    Injuries litter every roster around the NFL right now. I just had to put Tez on my “fake” football roster as a starter this Sunday due to a lack of healthy bodies.

  17. 813BUCBOI Says:

    what is going on at ONE BUC PLACE!!!

    GO BUCS!!!!

  18. Hodad Says:

    Teddy is washed. I see no upside with him. Bucs need to upgrade the backup QB position next season. Trask wasn’t the answer either.

  19. Curse of Gruden Says:

    No hard candy for Teddy.

  20. Gbobucsfan Says:

    How is Culp injured??? They barely hit in practice and hasn’t taken many game reps…

  21. Bosch Says:

    BucU hit the nail on the head. The two Joe’s continue to avoid reporting on the issue of the possibility that trainers and strength and conditioning coaches aren’t getting it right. I am beginning believe poor turf conditions ar RayJay May factor in as well.

    Joe likes to say he doesn’t believe in coincidences. Well this ain’t just bad luck. Is the organization even looking into this?

  22. DS Says:

    I saw Bucky on IG with a sling on doesn’t look good

  23. Jack Burton Mercer Says:

    Well, we’ve always known Licht had blind spots. Pass rush, CB and DL about half the time (or more). And now apparently backup QB. Oh well.

  24. Joe Says:

    BucU hit the nail on the head. The two Joe’s continue to avoid reporting on the issue of the possibility that trainers and strength and conditioning coaches aren’t getting it right.

    Because it is a BS “story.”

    All of a sudden the same people that kept the Bucs — especially offensive line — (relatively) healthy for years all of a sudden turned incompetent in six months?

    Besides, Joe’s not a physician. If Joe had a degree in medicine, this site likely is never launched. LOL! 😆

  25. Joe Says:

    Man does it seem like the injuries the Bucs have are more than other teams. WHY???

    They don’t. San Francisco’s (for years) has been worse. Baltimore has been fully Pearl Harbored by injuries.

  26. AlabamaBucsFan Says:

    Teddy Bridgewater is getting gold teeth to match is dreadlocks.

  27. Bojim Says:

    Dental problems can be a show stopper. I can attest.

  28. infomeplease Says:

    IMHO, a big part of the injury problem, and it is a league wide problem, is that many modern football players are bigger and faster then they were say 20 years ago. When they collide, especially at full speed, it becomes a physics thing. The body plus padding isn’t always able to absorb that amount of energy without damaging something.

  29. Buccaneer Bonzai Says:

    Bosch Says
    “The two Joe’s continue to avoid reporting on the issue of the possibility that trainers and strength and conditioning coaches aren’t getting it right.”

    On the surface, that might seem the case…but the true culprit is the players themselves. They negotiated things into the CBA that affect conditioning…now were are seeing the effects of that.

    If you spend most of your practices just learning the mental side and not preparing for the physical side, your body simply cannot be ready for a contact sport.

  30. Buccaneer Bonzai Says:

    Off topic…that picture makes Bridgewater look like a ghoul.

    Buy your Teddy doll now…he’ll be your friend to the end…

  31. Marky mark Says:

    Bring kyle back now.

  32. #99 the big fella Says:

    Every time I see that picture of Teddy, I want to sing that song “ fast cars’

  33. TombsEN Says:

    Infomeplease makes a great point that a lot of posters here refuse to understand….the body is not meant to absorb the contact that football puts them through, they are too dang big and fast, it’s straight physics. San Fran has a lot of injuries, Detroit has a lot of injuries, Baltimore has a lot of injuries, Buffalo has a lot of injuries. It is what it is, no amount of practicing or not practicing is going to help it.

    Dudes are 6’4 315 lbs running 5.0 flat and those are DL when you get hit something may break. Not if but when……

  34. Lonnie cole Says:

    TO minimize hamstring pulls, practice running backwards. NBA players run backwards on defense, and mostly avoid hamstring pulls.It’s the hard charging backs and receivers who suffer pulls the most.

  35. MelvinJunior Says:

    @ Curse of Gruden – Hard Candy LoL. Do you mean what I think you mean!? He is from Miami.

  36. LakelandSteve Says:

    The Bucs just need to put out a list of those not injured it would be shorter

 

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