The RingerTouchdown Machine Calvin Ridley Has the Falcons Offense Looking Like It’s 2016
And Atlanta’s going to need him to keep this up to make up for the team’s defensive woes
Julio Jones may be Atlanta’s superhero, but now he finally has a sidekick.
Calvin Ridley followed up last week’s three-touchdown performance against the Saints with four catches on six targets for 54 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s 37-36 loss to the Bengals. the Falcons stayed in the game (and were a hair from winning) largely because of the new dimension their first-round rookie brings to the offense. After catching just five touchdowns in 14 games for the Crimson Tide last season, Ridley now has six touchdowns in his first four NFL games. Meanwhile, Falcons superstar Julio Jones has six touchdowns in his past 30 games. Ridley has helped turn Atlanta’s biggest weakness into its greatest strength, and it might be the key to saving the team’s season given its newfound defensive woes.
Just four games into this season, Ridley is opening up Atlanta’s offense, and the dividends are already showing. Matt Ryan went 29-for-39 for 419 yards and three touchdowns, Jones had nine catches, and Mohamed Sanu had six receptions on nine targets for 111 yards. Atlanta’s offense has always been good, but with Ridley, they are consistent for the first time since 2016.
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