Ridder Me This, Ridder Me That: Do We Have a QB? - Official 2023 Atlanta Falcons Thread

[AVXL]

I work overnights, so I watch majority games on tape delay…..I had to fast forward the game to the 4th to the 3 min mark, because that first half was brutal to watch.

So basically I didn’t watch the 3rd or majority of the 4th.

Ok got you, Heinicke came in right after half time and led us to 3 straight scoring drives, threw a beautiful TD pass to bring us within one score late in the 4th. He played really well

 

[AVXL]

If he's as stubborn as he seems ridder is prob gonna start next week...

I mean with as poorly as Ridder looked if he starts him again next wk he may lose the team

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

If he's as stubborn as he seems ridder is prob gonna start next week...

I would not be surprised

 

[Stone]

Hopefully Ridder starts next week so we can expedite this staff being outta here

 

[AVXL]

From AS:

“We have confidence in Des. We didn’t take him out for performance issues”

https://x.com/bydanielflick/status/1718727385502163157?s=46&t=myB5kDkYiI9tjwPnCq2Nhg

 

[Stone]

So many offenses around the league manage to scheme open receivers and our guys have to make circus catches while covered in order to move the ball

Even when Heinecke came in he had to thread the needle

 

[AVXL]

Grady torn ACL

 

[doublecheese]

 

[Trav]

This what happens when you let former TE coaches into the wild w/o proper ascension thru the ranks

 

[Stone]

Grady torn ACL

An already suspect pass rush just lost a huge piece

 

[keond]

From AS:

“We have confidence in Des. We didn’t take him out for performance issues”

Fat boy gonna lose his job behind a 3rd round pick.

 

[Nostalgic]

I really wanted Ridder to do good, but dude just isn't the answer, at least not right now. It'll be dumb to repeat the same process as they did last season of waiting till the by week to make a QB change.
This season is very still salvageable

 

[AVXL]

So apparently we find out tomorrow who starts at QB

And if you’ve heard AS try to explain the who/what/where/why/when of why we’re even in this situation (Ridder’s “concussion”, Heinicke’s play), holy shyt were fukked

 

[Sly Cookin]

I'm torn.

You have to see what you have in ridder in order to move on from him at the end of the season

On the other hand, we are a pretty good team and heinicke could lead us to the playoffs. Making our ability to pick a QB in the draft even harder.

This decision will determine AS's future with us

 

[doublecheese]

I'm torn.

You have to see what you have in ridder in order to move on from him at the end of the season

On the other hand, we are a pretty good team and heinicke could lead us to the playoffs. Making our ability to pick a QB in the draft even harder.

This decision will determine AS's future with us

We know what we have in ridder. And tbh this process should’ve been started last season when mariota was throwing passes off his damn back.

We were a worse team last year in the same spot with the same record. Smiths stubbornness is becoming more and more of a problem as weeks go by.

Isn’t the clear answer to start Heineken man ? If you watched the game against the titans there was a clear difference when he was running the offense vs ridder in the first half. It’s obvious to anyone who watches that ridder just doesn’t have it.

fukkin Will Levis started his first game against us and balled out. What else is there to see from ridder? Some players have it and others don’t. That wait and see shyt is the reason why we losing close games and the team got negative morale. With the skill players we have we should easily be scoring 30 a game. Waiting for ridder is a disservice to our past 3 drafts.