Desmond Ridder doesn’t look like a starting NFL quarterback, and the Atlanta Falcons sure don’t look like a playoff team.
ListenAmong the few people who appear genuinely puzzled by Desmond Ridder’s inability to at least impersonate a starting NFL quarterback are, alas, decision-makers for the Atlanta Falcons, the team that drafted him.As October begins, the NFC South is every bit as wide-open and flawed as many expected the division to be, with first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterbacks like Tom Brady and Drew Brees no longer making it their province.
Except none of that is actually happening, and it’s already looking to some coaches and executives around the league like the 2-2 Falcons, with their utter stubbornness about the most important position in all of professional sports, wasted a prime opportunity to host at least one playoff game. With the equivalent of a half-season’s worth of starts to his name, Ridder seems limited by modern quarterbacking standards, with nothing in his physical tools portending an ascent. He has an 82.
“They f----d it up at quarterback,” is how one NFL GM put it during training camp, when asked about Atlanta’s potential to win the suspect NFC South. “They don’t have one.” Another GM, under the same restrictions, was recently asked about Ridder’s abilities. “You can’t win in this league with him as your starting quarterback,” he said. “Doesn’t matter what division you are in. … They should have gone after Lamar Jackson when they had the chance.
heal. At 1-3, that might be a tough ask, but the Bengals’ offense looks more broken than in previous Septembers.
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