Before we kick off this article, let’s acknowledge what we know about Calvin Ridley’s situation today: Virtually nothing. The receiver stepped away from the Falcons and football in October, releasing a statement saying he needed to “focus on his mental wellbeing,” and we have not seen or heard from him since. Reporters dutifully ask about his status every week, Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot note the organization is supporting him and there is no update, and the rest of the season passed without Ridley on the field.
My hope is that Ridley is doing well and that we’ll see him back in Atlanta in 2022, but there’s no information whatsoever about any of that at this point.