FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- When Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley stood in front of the table off to the side of the practice field that October afternoon, answering questions about why he didn’t travel with the teams to London, he said he knew it would be a short-term break.
No one could have expected, at the time, it might be the last time Ridley would talk as a member of the Falcons. But after Monday’s news announcing Ridley has been suspended for at least a year for gambling on games in November, it’s hard to see there being any other outcome.