You can say literally any theory, statistic, the way things work, idea, and concept possible, it still wouldn’t change that we had a winning record until Ridder was taken out.

I hate, hate, hate the fact that everyone critiques Ridder to hell, yet in his first beginning of the season start, he was leading us to having a winning record, and no one highlights that as the big picture. All I see and hear is people explain how he doesn’t know how to read the offense or be in the pocket. The fact is all of it would definitely seem true, except would you rather have a qb who plays perfectly but doesn’t win, or one that plays like garbage but gets the job done? You can say all you want, but Ridder was getting the job done, and we will never know how things would’ve turned out if he hadn’t been switched out.

From the article linked: “the team has dug itself into a hole.” And it ain’t a lie! They weren’t in a hole four weeks ago!

If Ridder is a true competitor, which I think he is, the anticipation and intensity of possibly losing and letting people down is what drives him, like at the end of the movie Seabiscuit when the trainer tells him to pull back so the horse can look into the other horse’s eyes to motivate him. That concept is real! Us getting to 4-4 record, Ridder starting off with a performance, it was all the bungee pulled back as far as it would go right before Ridder would snap and force himself to do better. But noooo, we pull him out and dejuice him. We sit him down and humble him, it’s how reality is, how things work. Ain’t no such thing as suddenly breaking through the chains and overcoming.

I became a Falcons fan because of Ridder. I was a donut before. Had no team, just loved football, but now I feel like my motivation is gone, just like Ridder’s probably is. The dude has agility, humility, speed, and accuracy. You don’t take a competitor with all those strengths out before you lose the winning record.

Wake up. Put Ridder back in and let him ride it out. Stop giving up and looking for other solutions before it’s even over. At least then we can say Ridder had a chance.