After watching Atlanta Falcons rookie tight end Kyle Pitts have a breakout 119-yard performance in the team’s London win over the New York Jets, the time is ripe for wideout Calvin Ridley to have a similarly big game when the team travels to Miami to take on the Dolphins this Sunday.
But doing so against this Dolphins secondary is a significant challenge, assuming the unit is fully healthy. Starting cornerbacks Xavien Howard and Byron Jones both sat out Miami’s own trip to London last week in a disappointing loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Their absence forced the Dolphins, a team that deploys man coverage as much as any defense in the league, to dial things back and utilize more zone coverage.