HASHBROWN3 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Arthur Smith: I’m not going to answer hypotheticals about Desmond Ridder’s playing time Posted by Myles Simmons on September 6, 2022, 11:08 AM EDT Because the Falcons selected Desmond Ridder in the third round of this year’s draft, the club likely figured the quarterback would need some time to develop. Ridder enters his rookie season as the backup to Marcus Mariota, who signed with Atlanta in March. But there could come a time this season when it behooves the Falcons to see what they have in Ridder. But head coach Arthur Smith is not focused on that scenario. And Smith bristled on Monday when he was asked how many games he thinks Ridder needs to play to get an accurate assessment of the young quarterback. “I’m not answering the hypothetical, fantasy football, that kind of BS. It’s hypothetical,” Smith said in his press conference. “We want to know what we have in Marcus Mariota. If you want to make this about ’23, I mean, you can ask every which way. We’re focused on Week One. “I’m not going to hear about some hypothetical — that’s not where our focus is right now. Our focus is on the New Orleans Saints. If you want to hang out with the bots on Twitter and social media and get all of these hypothetical G.M. scenarios or great team-building — some of these other asinine narratives — go ahead, but we’re focused on the New Orleans Saints. I’m not going to answer questions about hypotheticals.” Smith’s reaction is understandable. Now that the regular season has begun, of course all of his focus has to be on beating the Saints and making sure Mariota is prepared to do so. And because Ridder was a third-round pick, there isn’t the same urgency to get him on the field as a rookie. But if Mariota doesn’t look any better than the last time Smith was calling plays for him back with the Titans in 2019, then the calls for Ridder to play will only get louder as the 2022 season continues ============== so basically another but but but article. Yeah, bUt BuT iF wE suK, wE’LL mAYbee SeE riDDeRz pLay… Yeah, no **** Sherlock. PokerSteve, TheRisen999, Flyin' In DC and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 AS is slowly smoothing out the rough patches in the Atlanta Falcon press corps, but he's had to switch from 220 grit to 50 grit for DLed and Schultz. Possibly gonna need to go to a belt sander with industrial strength abrasives. 😂 Mid-Nite-Toker, ADAMSVILLE GYM, dyrtysouth2000 and 7 others 4 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisFalcon Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 But hypothetically speaking, if the hypothetical questions had hypothetical answers would you be able to hypothetically think of how you would hypothetically respond? PokerSteve, Flyin' In DC and HASHBROWN3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HASHBROWN3 Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, WisFalcon said: But hypothetically speaking, if the hypothetical questions had hypothetical answers would you be able to hypothetically think of how you would hypothetically respond? That’s exactly what stooges like jEfF sChULtz wants 🤡 WisFalcon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Nothing wrong with that at all. Hypotheticals don't really do much for reality. Mariota is the starter. Accept it and move on until it's Ridder's time dyrtysouth2000, TheRisen999, HASHBROWN3 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmitt Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, PokerSteve said: AS is slowly smoothing out the rough patches in the Atlanta Falcon press corps, but he's had to switch from 220 grit to 50 grit for DLed and Schultz. Possibly gonna need to go to a belt sander with industrial strength abrasives. 😂 Yes, there will be no fine wet sanding involved in that process. PokerSteve, TheRisen999 and HASHBROWN3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRisen999 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, Tribal Chief said: Nothing wrong with that at all. Hypotheticals don't really do much for reality. Mariota is the starter. Accept it and move on until it's Ridder's time I love when you stops them dead in their tracks. They start stuttering and all 😂😂😂 Tribal Chief 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 minute ago, TheRisen999 said: I love when you stops them dead in their tracks. They start stuttering and all 😂😂😂 I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsJustMe Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Mariota for now...Ridder coming to a theatre near you soon enough. Boise Falcon Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boise Falcon Fan Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, ItsJustMe said: Mariota for now...Ridder coming to a theatre near you soon enough. Agreed. I don't think it will be long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconidae Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Boise Falcon Fan said: Agreed. I don't think it will be long. And, if it is a while, that's a good thing, means Mariotta is playing at a high level and the Falcons are staying in the playoff hunt. Drunken Minotaur Zebra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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