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Desmond Ridder embracing backup QB challenge with Cardinals

TEMPE, Ariz. -- For the last four years, Teddy Bridgewater's words have been a lighthouse for new Arizona Cardinals quarterback Desmond Ridder, guiding his journey as a signal-caller regardless of where he's been.

Ridder, who was traded to the Cardinals from the Atlanta Falcons on March 14, saw an interview of Bridgewater saying he was not prepared to go in for Drew Brees when the future Hall of Famer exited the New Orleans Saints' Week 2 game in 2019.

"He got injured, and I wasn't prepared and it humbled me," Bridgewater said, per The Times-Picayune.