The Curious Case of Calvin Ridley

[SteelersPride]

Curious what peoples thoughts are on him. He is an offense that passed alot last year. He was a high draft pick. I get all that.

But his game by game stats.


So he had 0 points then exploded for 3 games. then stunk for 3 games, then a good game. 2 down games, a good game, 3 down games, 2 good games to close.

He had 10 td's as a rookie, thats fantastic, but almost 1/2, 400 of his 821 yards came in 4 games, the other 12 not so swell. I would assume some regression in TD's. Also Freeman is back. Julio still looms, and hooper was coming on a bit as a receiver.

What do you guys make of him, fantasy wise.

 

[Stomp]

My guess is he's still boom/bust this year, but gets more targets, receptions, and yards on average. I'll probably start looking at him in the 4th in redraft and think he has a bright future in dynasty.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

My guess is he's still boom/bust this year, but gets more targets, receptions, and yards on average. I'll probably start looking at him in the 4th in redraft and think he has a bright future in dynasty.

Yeah think that's spot on. He'll be a lot like last year but with some improvement in a lot of areas, but don't expect some major leap until Jones is faded out or retired.

 

[SteelersPride]

Was kinda my thoughts I’ve just seen a few puff pieces, and thought I was missing something.

When. I say puff I mean top 20 wr

 

[averagejoe]

With Freeman out (one less mouth to feed), he certainly had a chance to explode, especially with defenses doubling up on Julio.
As a WR3, his 800+ yards isn't too shabby. I think he needs an injury to Julio or Sanu to get more out of the offense.

 

[SteelersPride]

With Freeman out (one less mouth to feed), he certainly had a chance to explode, especially with defenses doubling up on Julio.
As a WR3, his 800+ yards isn't too shabby. I think he needs an injury to Julio or Sanu to get more out of the offense.

id argue hes the wr 2 now

 

[averagejoe]

id argue hes the wr 2 now

You may be right. And that's one reason I try to avoid those depth battles.
Unfortunately, it's getting harder and harder to avoid in today's NFL.

 

[TREFF]

id argue hes the wr 2 now

He likely is, but getting Sanu out of the slit and replaced by random receiver x, it'd still help

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Koetter has zero clue how to utilize a rushing attack, ball should be flying around in ATL, seems like a high upside guy for your WR2 or WR3 in deep leagues, 1st WR off the bench in shallow leagues

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Could be a curious case of Matt Ryan. I’d be interested to see Matty’s Numbers & how they correlate to Ridleys. My guess is when Matt’s on his A game, Ridley gets his.

 

[averagejoe]

Koetter has zero clue how to utilize a rushing attack, ball should be flying around in ATL, seems like a high upside guy for your WR2 or WR3 in deep leagues, 1st WR off the bench in shallow leagues

This is true. But at the time, the Falcons were still trying to squeeze whatever they could out of RB Steven Jackson who was 31. I give Koetter credit for at least being sharp enough to lean on the passing game which was younger and better.

 

[Chef99]

I'm diggin' Ridley. On his way to being a star, the only question is when.

 

[tlance]

I'm diggin' Ridley. On his way to being a star, the only question is when.

Agree with this.

Julio Jones had a pretty similar rookie season playing behind Roddy White.

Julio is better than White, so I don't expect him to surpass Julio any time soon, but I do think he will be this year Juju type breakout.

Look for mid WR2 numbers with more steady production in season 2.

 

[SteelersPride]

Agree with this.

Julio Jones had a pretty similar rookie season playing behind Roddy White.

Julio is better than White, so I don't expect him to surpass Julio any time soon, but I do think he will be this year Juju type breakout.

Look for mid WR2 numbers with more steady production in season 2.

With all due respect he’s not having a juju breakout

Juju broke out to 111 catches , 1400 yards , 7tds. If he does that I’ll eat my crow

 

[Clayton]

I'm guessing he'll be the same guy next year unless something happens to Jones.

In a good league you might have to reach on him a small bit because I'm sure people will factor in his production going up if Jones drops off at all. There is a history of drops with Ridley going back to college, though, so I'm not going to be the guy who will reach on him.

Also of note, I kinda suck at fantasy but thats my .02