The Latest Breaking News from Desmond Ridder

Here’s who Atlanta will face in the 2022 regular season as they look to reach the playoffs in the tough NFC South.

Don’t expect to see Desmond Ridder under center in Week 1.

The Atlanta Falcons were praised by Draft Wire for landing Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.

Desmond Ridder was the NFL draft’s 74th pick. He was the 10th player chosen in Round 3. By then, the Falcons had taken a wide receiver, an edge rusher and a linebacker. That Ridder was the second quarterback selected tells us what NFL teams thought of this class of quarterbacks.

With this year’s draft in the rearview mirror, we have a chance to look at the most intriguing quarterback situations heading into the new season

Things did not play out the way the experts predicted with the quarterbacks in the NFL draft.

"The challenge of it, that’s what excites me most about this game," Falcons QB Desmond Ridder wrote in a letter to NFL GMs ahead of draft.

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