Desmond Ridder honestly played better than normal and managed the game decently. A couple of critical drops by Kyle Pitts but the defense won the day!

Jesse Bates is literally the reason the Falcons lead the NFC South!

In games that Ridder plays from start to finish the Falcons are 5-3. Some people claim the Falcons win despite Ridder but that logic doesn’t hold as when he didn’t start the Falcons lost.

In total, games Ridder has started and finished the Falcons are 7-5. Ridder will truly have played an entire season after four more games.

If you compare first year QB wins/losses and metrics such as TD/INT ratio, Ridder has played better than some of the all time greats did their first season.

Dirty Birds

Exactly; I did not see this article but I was just thinking- with Ridder as starter we were 4-3 and led the NFC South but now the Falcons are 4-6.

He has had more than one 300+ yard passing game this year and in many respects was progressing.