He just isn’t doing anything that warrants an extension frankly. He’s not an X, he doesn’t get open, he’s not a ball-winner. Yeah, they aren’t using him correctly whatsoever - but that’s a problem with bringing in someone that did so much of his damage in Atlanta from the slot when we already have two other guys that primarily work from the slot.
Personally, I think they should just let him walk and either draft someone or sign Tee Higgins. Need a big-bodied outside ball-winner.
Ridleys entire route tree this year has been:
That’s basically it. He’s being criminally misused. He’s an elite tier route runner who’s, for some reason, not being asked to win on quick slants for example.
He ran one the entire game yesterday. It was a 10 yd completion basically for free.