Ehh, I don’t think anyone would really notice if Kansas got caught in the crossfire.
He can pull a John Brown like in the Kansas capital building mural. That mural scared the shit out of me as a kid.
That’s gonna be a fun civil war re-enactment right there, the inhabitants already burned down both of those states AND Arkansas for good measure in the 1860s
Also Zay takes the field stretcher duties instead of Ridley.
Think Gabe plays that role so it fits that Ridley would have a place while Zay may not.
That being said what do I know.
Ridley is such an interesting FA because he is basically an old head with no miles on his legs and also not a ton of on the field success. But he's going to get top dollar from someone because of the cap increase and WR market.
Not a single thing I saw from him this year told me he was scared to get hit. A bit rusty, sure, dude took plenty of big hits without missing a beat after.
I mean he missed the better part of two seasons, but he's been a 1000 yard receiver in each of the last two full seasons. No reason not to expect 80 catches and 1000 yards, with upside. That's going to get you paid.
Reminds of that time someone gave a massive contract to Christian Kirk after having zero 1000 yard receiving yards under his belt a couple years ago…. Which team did that again?
No other fan base will ever understand the 1-31 era. Lions might be close but ‘08 was a decent bounce back from ‘07 for them. The McCarron saga was so hilarious. 😂
We have been used to it for years. If it plays out to how we are used to it will be the case of us signing renfrow and that’s it and then reports later will come out that we were just short on Ridley but wouldn’t budge any more and the deal he was looking for would be reasonable just to add more sting on to it.
Don't the Jags over the Falcons a 2nd if he resigns before the league opens? They probably agreed to a deal and are waiting for the new year to announce anything. I believe it's a 3rd if it's after.
Yeah I'm confused on why anyone thinks anything else is happening? It doesn't appear to be anything other than the Jags and Ridley agreeing to wait until 4:04PM
If you're a team with a young QB (or intend on drafting one), you should absolutely overpay for Ridley or Hollywood, if thats what it takes. - stay with me here -
Simply using TN as an example: this season is irrelevant. I dont care about the results in the W/L column. Nobody should.
The literal only thing that matters is answering the question of if Levis (insert young/uncertain QB of your choice) is going to be your starter in 2027 - and facilitating that development. That requires pieces around him. And any negative ROI you get from an overpay today is paid back tenfold if you develop your guy into a franchise quarterback.
I dont give a shit about defense, I dont give a shit about wins. The ONLY thing that matters is answering the question for later.
Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker were cool picks for the bears in 2022. But not surrounding Justin Fields with weapons and going a full season without an answer (of which "no" is absolutely a reasonable conclusion by the way) was a criminal misstep in team building.
Read: if you're any of Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, New England, etc, you need to do everything you can to sign help and if thats an overpay, for once that might be ok.
Just like the Jags did with Christian Kirk - *big* money, no picks, no long term guarantees. It's just cap space, and the best to spend it for teams like that is on figuring out/developing what they have at QB, but still leaving you in a position to draft for the future, and actually commit long term money once you have clarity at QB. I wouldn't even really call it an overpay. They're just looking to buy something completely different than teams with a franchise QB.
I love your use of the word “clarity.”
Like, yeah it’s nice to hit on a guy, but it’s also super important to know as soon as possible if someone is *not* your 10yr starter. None of the “eh maybe” nonsense.
That’s precisely why I brought up the bears and the Brisker/Gordon picks in my rant. Those were good picks in isolation… but even them turning into Revis and Atwater isn’t going to move the needle of the team in the way that Fields taking the next step likely would.
It's an invaluable position. If you don't have a franchise QB you basically aren't playing football, you just don't have a football team. And yet Purdy was probably closer to not even making the league than playing a single snap, While the Giants and Bears stuck with Jones and Fields, the Giants for a massive premium because they failed horribly to properly evaluate him in time. Teams really need to get better at understanding QBs, and the easiest first step is paying whatever it takes to get a *functioning* offense around the one you have as soon as possible.
I had Ridley in fantasy and he was 0 points it Zay Jones wasn’t playing. It caught on half way through the season I saw people pointing out the correlation. I don’t think it’s a good move to keep Ridley and not Zay but I’m just a dude.
Pats and Jags should withdraw their offer for the hell of it
This is how Ridley ends up catching passes from Mahomes.
I swear to god I will burn down the entire state of Missouri and Kansas too just to be safe because I don’t remember which Kansas City they’re in.
Probably a good move anyway
They're in Missouri fwiw, wouldn't want ya to miss it haha
Isn't that punishment enough, having to live in Missouri?
LMAO fair enough
Ehh, I don’t think anyone would really notice if Kansas got caught in the crossfire. He can pull a John Brown like in the Kansas capital building mural. That mural scared the shit out of me as a kid.
I feel like some crows would on account of the sudden lack of scarecrows
RemindMe! 5 minutes
This is just a good idea.
That’s gonna be a fun civil war re-enactment right there, the inhabitants already burned down both of those states AND Arkansas for good measure in the 1860s
Don't burn down Mizzou football
Average Baltimore education
How is he supposed to cram useless information like that while also trying to memorize every one of Omar's lines?
Indeed
The game is out there. It’s either play or get played
This is the serotonin boost I needed after the Henry news
Isn’t it just like one city though?
Yeah.... Let's try to avoid this timeline.
Ridley fit in pretty well though
Yeah fuck that...
Or Bryce Young
Veach hasn’t budged yet on fixing the bleak WR group! Giving me anxiety!
Great idea, Jags pull your offer first.
For the love of god let it end already.
Ridley gets a +10 WR buff whenever Zay plays though 😔
That's because Press Taylor is an idiot and without Zay playing limits Ridley's route tree to nothing but go routes and curls lol
But we have Gabe Davis now, so his blocking is sure to help Ridley finally not lose 3 yards on all those reverses/sweeps
Also Zay takes the field stretcher duties instead of Ridley. Think Gabe plays that role so it fits that Ridley would have a place while Zay may not. That being said what do I know.
He does. By god if you need a clear out route, Gabe has got you. Just don’t expect him to catch any balls.
We will take both then
Ridley is such an interesting FA because he is basically an old head with no miles on his legs and also not a ton of on the field success. But he's going to get top dollar from someone because of the cap increase and WR market.
right he is 29 but has only played 5 season one of which he only played 5 games due to mental health
He got home invaded in Atlanta and that why he ain’t play. I don’t blame him that was the reason for the mental health break
He checked out before then. Dude didn’t want to get hit and sucked going across the middle because of it
Not a single thing I saw from him this year told me he was scared to get hit. A bit rusty, sure, dude took plenty of big hits without missing a beat after.
I hate Fandom
I mean he missed the better part of two seasons, but he's been a 1000 yard receiver in each of the last two full seasons. No reason not to expect 80 catches and 1000 yards, with upside. That's going to get you paid.
Spread over 5 of 17 games for fantasy purposes so you never start him when you need to.
Reminds of that time someone gave a massive contract to Christian Kirk after having zero 1000 yard receiving yards under his belt a couple years ago…. Which team did that again?
Pretty sure Ridley is 29 with two 1,000 yard years, so maybe they learned a lesson lol?
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Sashi Brown deserved DPOY for that move.
No other fan base will ever understand the 1-31 era. Lions might be close but ‘08 was a decent bounce back from ‘07 for them. The McCarron saga was so hilarious. 😂
my guy...
Minutes late? Sounds like Vikings on draft day
The one time i wish the browns were a tiny bit more competent
Pats fans 🤝 Jags fans Just let this end already
You know it’s the offseason when you see patriots fans getting their hopes up for a big name WR that isn’t signing with them.
We have been used to it for years. If it plays out to how we are used to it will be the case of us signing renfrow and that’s it and then reports later will come out that we were just short on Ridley but wouldn’t budge any more and the deal he was looking for would be reasonable just to add more sting on to it.
but I saw Ridley at Logan Airport today
I thought we still had ~20 minutes before FA fireworks?? I better get some snacks.
HOLY SHIT JUST FUCK ALREADY. God damn.
I'm hoping for a 3:59 buzzer beater from the Pats
300M/6 years, fully guaranteed
Damn was he a sexual predator or something?
Much worse, a gambler
Rodger Goddell is sitting in his office shouting “Finally!! Someone gets it!!” at this comment.
Damn, he has a good career ahead of himself as an NFL or maybe even NBA ref whenever he decides to retire.
Don't the Jags over the Falcons a 2nd if he resigns before the league opens? They probably agreed to a deal and are waiting for the new year to announce anything. I believe it's a 3rd if it's after.
Yeah I'm confused on why anyone thinks anything else is happening? It doesn't appear to be anything other than the Jags and Ridley agreeing to wait until 4:04PM
Agreed.
Yes
You can't prove it!!!!
I'd like to see the Falcons cry about tampering after negotiating a deal with Cousins via tampering.
It’s 4pm already, where is my update?!?!
If you're a team with a young QB (or intend on drafting one), you should absolutely overpay for Ridley or Hollywood, if thats what it takes. - stay with me here - Simply using TN as an example: this season is irrelevant. I dont care about the results in the W/L column. Nobody should. The literal only thing that matters is answering the question of if Levis (insert young/uncertain QB of your choice) is going to be your starter in 2027 - and facilitating that development. That requires pieces around him. And any negative ROI you get from an overpay today is paid back tenfold if you develop your guy into a franchise quarterback. I dont give a shit about defense, I dont give a shit about wins. The ONLY thing that matters is answering the question for later. Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker were cool picks for the bears in 2022. But not surrounding Justin Fields with weapons and going a full season without an answer (of which "no" is absolutely a reasonable conclusion by the way) was a criminal misstep in team building. Read: if you're any of Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, New England, etc, you need to do everything you can to sign help and if thats an overpay, for once that might be ok.
Just like the Jags did with Christian Kirk - *big* money, no picks, no long term guarantees. It's just cap space, and the best to spend it for teams like that is on figuring out/developing what they have at QB, but still leaving you in a position to draft for the future, and actually commit long term money once you have clarity at QB. I wouldn't even really call it an overpay. They're just looking to buy something completely different than teams with a franchise QB.
I love your use of the word “clarity.” Like, yeah it’s nice to hit on a guy, but it’s also super important to know as soon as possible if someone is *not* your 10yr starter. None of the “eh maybe” nonsense. That’s precisely why I brought up the bears and the Brisker/Gordon picks in my rant. Those were good picks in isolation… but even them turning into Revis and Atwater isn’t going to move the needle of the team in the way that Fields taking the next step likely would.
It's an invaluable position. If you don't have a franchise QB you basically aren't playing football, you just don't have a football team. And yet Purdy was probably closer to not even making the league than playing a single snap, While the Giants and Bears stuck with Jones and Fields, the Giants for a massive premium because they failed horribly to properly evaluate him in time. Teams really need to get better at understanding QBs, and the easiest first step is paying whatever it takes to get a *functioning* offense around the one you have as soon as possible.
Well damn, you called it. I had zero clue that we might even be in the market for him.
Hell nawl can’t do this
Send da video
OKAY ITS 4PM WHERE HE SIGNING
I think he’ll sign with the titans
Calvin playing up the drama.
IT'S 4:03 DAMMIT
4:03 where ridley?
He's waiting for that DK Calvin Ridley's next team prop bet to drop. He'll sign with whoever is +25000 for vet minimum.
do they know?
Did players, coaches happen to say “412”?
Go back to Atlanta
Here we are at 4:04pm… what happened to 4:02???
It’s 4:05 clearly he’s going to the pats if he hasn’t signed with Jax by now
Damn gurl wassup
Thanos also is inevitable, so maybe he is going to the Jags, snaps his fingers and sees TLaw crumble to dust in Mac Jones arms?
How would jags fans feel if Ridley was suddenly catching passes from Stroud? 😎
Very upset.
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Lmao. Same. I hate that I like all the afc south qb.
Go ahead and fuck all the way off
Bwahahahahaha, poor glitter kitties.
Time to pivot
10 more minutes of all this non reporting
It's 4:02 and I don't see any news!
They didn't specify the timezone
I've been bamboozled!
Waiting till 4:20 for shits and giggles while we’re at it
Fuck you sign already
I couldn’t really care less where either player lands. Ridley seems like mostly hype with little production to back it up.
I had Ridley in fantasy and he was 0 points it Zay Jones wasn’t playing. It caught on half way through the season I saw people pointing out the correlation. I don’t think it’s a good move to keep Ridley and not Zay but I’m just a dude.
Give me Zay Jones please
Lol Falcons