{"id":298056,"date":"2023-11-19T12:53:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T12:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298056"},"modified":"2023-11-19T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T12:53:53","slug":"falcons-to-start-qb-desmond-ridder-for-next-game-vs-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/nfl\/falcons-to-start-qb-desmond-ridder-for-next-game-vs-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons to start QB Desmond Ridder for next game vs. Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sign up for\u00a0NFL+ to watch The Insiders every Monday-Friday at noon ET for more exclusive reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Falcons are making a QB change and are going back to their original starter in Week 12.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Desmond Ridder, who began the season as Atlanta&#8217;s starter, is expected to resume that role on Nov. 26 against the Saints. Ridder has been the backup to Taylor Heinicke the last two games, both losses.<\/p>\n<p>Ridder, just 24 years old, was evaluated for a concussion in Week 8 against the Titans. Heinicke replaced him at halftime of that game and started the following two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Ridder is 4-4 as a starter this season, with plenty of big moments. The hope is that the two-game break during which Heinicke started serves as a reboot for Ridder.<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              NFL QB Index, Week 11: Dak Prescott earns highest ranking of 2023; Josh Allen tumbles out of top 10            <\/li>\n<li>              NFL Week 11 bold predictions: Kyler Murray and C.J. Stroud provide thriller; Tony Pollard scores THRICE!            <\/li>\n<li>              Mike Tomlin heads top 5 candidates in Coach of the Year race; Sam Howell&#x27;s viability as a franchise QB            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Falcons head coach Arthur Smith had said prior to this weekend&#8217;s bye that naming a QB during that week was a &#8220;little premature,&#8221; but added that he considered the hamstring injury that Heinicke suffered against the Cardinals to be a low-grade one. In short, the QB decision would be made, injury or not. Now, it&#8217;s slated to be Ridder.<\/p>\n<p>The goal for Smith and Atlanta has been to name a starter and stick with him the rest of the season rather than go back and forth. Allowing Ridder to settle in should help.<\/p>\n<p>Ridder&#8217;s best performance of the season came during the Falcons&#8217; last-second win over the now-red-hot Houston Texans on Oct. 8, throwing for 329 yards with a touchdown and zero turnovers. That&#8217;s the Ridder the Falcons want to see.<\/p>\n<p>Following the team&#8217;s last-second loss to the Cardinals on Nov. 12, receiver Drake London said of losing, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want this to become a habit of ours. We just need to switch some things up. That&#8217;s it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With their original starter back, and a week to get rested and healthy, it all should help for the Falcons. Ridder looked solid when he stepped in for Heinicke to end last week&#8217;s game, completing 4 of 6 passes for 39 yards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes you need a fresh perspective,&#8221; Smith said this past week of Ridder. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I think helped him. The reset, the refocus and working on things that I thought could help him, he&#8217;s done that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/falcons-to-start-qb-desmond-ridder-for-next-game-vs-saints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for\u00a0NFL+ to watch The Insiders every Monday-Friday at noon ET for more exclusive reports. 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