Calvin Ridley hasn’t played in the NFL since October 24, 2021. The gifted receiver, who had put together a career year in 2020, stepped away from the Falcons after that 2021 game against the Dolphins to focus on his mental health.
Heading into an offseason where it seemed the Falcons would trade him, Ridley was instead suspended for the entire 2022 season for gambling small sums on NFL games while he was away from the team. In November, the Falcons traded him to the Jaguars for a heavily conditional pair of draft picks.