Lamar Jackson could elevate the Atlanta Falcons in a weak division but team owner Arthur Blank is putting his chips in Desmond Ridder's pot.
is the best free agent left on the market even if a team other than the Baltimore Ravens is looking to acquire him and may have to give up multiple first-round draft picks.are a team with young players prime to breakout over the next season. Arthur Blank, the Falcons’ team owner, made clear he was going to stick with Desmond Ridder as the starting quarterback despite the former Cincinnati standout only having two touchdown passes in the four games he started.
Desmond Ridder, #4 of the Atlanta Falcons, scrambles with the ball against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 8, 2023 in Atlanta. Blank explained the situation this year was different from last and lamented the restraints the team would have if they invested a quarter of the team’s money in a single player.
"I think we explored the one last year, which is what our responsibility was," Blank said of a potential Watson deal, via Atlanta Journal-Constitution."We didn’t explore it deeply, deeply. We spent some time on it from a legal standpoint, personal standpoint, value standpoint on the player and a variety of things. Soon after we got into exploring, we decided it wasn’t a very good match.
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