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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell confirms visit to speak to veteran quarterback

Philip Marsh
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell confirms visit to speak to veteran quarterbackGetty

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell has confirmed the team are interested in acquiring veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.

Bridgewater, 30, has played for a different franchise each of the last three seasons, most recently the Miami Dolphins, having been drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.

The Lions currently have Jared Goff as their starting quarterback, with rookie Hendon Hooker drafted this year and Nate Sudfield - who has started just one NFL game - also on the depth chart.

Bridgewater, who remains a free agent, would add a more reliable back-up to Goff as the Lions look to win a division for the first time since 1993.

"We've kept in touch with Teddy and we haven't hid anything," Campbell said at the Lions' press conference .

"We sat down with him face to face, and he had a medical so it was a good visit.

"I've not hidden anything about my feelings for Teddy Bridgewater.

"If we can add a guy like Teddy and bring compeition to the room I'm all for it."

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