Broncos QB Teddy Bridgewater Carted Off Field After Scary Head Injury

In the Denver Broncos' Week 15 bout with the Cincinnati Bengals, the game had been a defensive slugfest through two-and-a-half quarters. Trailing 9-3, Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater began a drive in the third quarter in hopes of answering Cincinnati's previous field goal.

On a 2nd-&-5 play with 5:47 to go in the third quarter, Bridgewater scrambled right and picked up the first down as he dove head-first, only to be hit by a Bengals defender as he was going to the ground, which drove his head/neck hard into the turf.

It was obvious immediately that Bridgewater had been knocked unconscious.

Here’s the play Teddy Bridgewater was hurt on.

The cart is coming out for him.

Thoughts and prayers up for the #Broncos QB 🙏

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— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) December 19, 2021

The CBS Sports broadcast reported that Bridgewater is being rushed to the hospital as in an abundance of caution but that he does have movement in his extremities. That is a huge relief.

As terrified as the Broncos are to see Teddy go down with such a scary injury, the players had to quickly get back to the business of finishing the game. Backup QB Drew Lock did the only thing he could on the field to honor Teddy — throwing a 25-yard touchdown to Tim Patrick to take the lead with minutes left in the quarter.

We'll update this article as any information trickles out. Prayers up for Teddy right now.

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