Last off-season, in what appeared to be a surprising move, Monti Ossenfort traded WR Rondale Moore to the Falcons for QB Desmond Ridder. This gave the Cardinals a backup QB in Ridder with a career 8-9 record as a starter.
I wondered at the time whether the coaches had lost some faith in 2nd-year 2023 5th round draft pick Clayton Tune. When fans were already proclaiming Ridder as the sure-fire QB2, I issued a “not so fast” caveat, because after studying Clayton Tune’s college tapes, I was still of the belief (and Mel Kiper’s btw) that Tune was one of the real QB steals of his draft.