The Lions need a new backup quarterback.

Teddy Bridgewater has informed the club that he’s going to step away, with retirement likely.

Bridgewater had not attended the last two practices.

“ Teddy Bridgewater is going to step away ,” head coach Dan Campbell said in his Sunday press conference. “I’ve known Teddy a long time and, man, the human being is unbelievable — certainly the player. Everything that he’s about, the type of teammate he is, the way that he prepares, [he] always played the game up here, and had a huge heart. He’s going to be missed.

“So, I’ll never forget 2019 [with the Saints] when Drew [Brees] got injured — we’d just gone out…

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