(11-08-2023, 09:21 PM)carp8dm Wrote: I mentioned this in September.  But I'll explain it again in November for ya'll to figure it out...

Ridley has been out of NFL play for a year and half at least.  The dude is still getting acclimated to the speed, the complexity, and the pain of playing in the NFL.  Ridley has gotten better and better over the last 3 games.  Let's give him time to get settled into being back into the NFL.

Ridley is a high caliber human being.  He's not a Watson rapist.  Ridley is a good dude that had a taste for gambling.  But it's clear he's able to accept his short falls and is working to be a better person.  Let's give him time to excell.  He's gonna pay off.  I have no doubt.

Kirk, Engram, Zay, ETN, all in Ridley's ear?  This dude is gonna explode in December.  Mark my words

Hogwash.

By this statement, anyone coming back from a year-long injury should be fatigued, unfamiliar with play calls, routes, and endurance when they return. We don't see any of that happening. A few weeks of rust, maybe, but dude's been going since he was reinstated. If he's still getting his legs under him, he'd have showed up to camp looking like a couch potatio.

He's fine. He's not nursing hammies or ankles or taking practice days off to recuperate. He's just not the only option we have when Trevor drops back. We aren't calling on him to be a 100-catch, 1400-yard receiver. That's fine, too!

Dude certainly may explode in December. But it ain't gonna be because he finally has 12 games under his belt.

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