FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Desmond Ridder left his Thursday morning conversation with Atlanta Falcons coach Arthur Smith, in which he found out he would be the team's new starting quarterback, and didn't tell a ton of people.
He went home and told his wife, Claire, and that was pretty much it. But this job -- the one he's been preparing for since he was drafted in the third round in April by the Falcons out of Cincinnati and well before that -- is a big deal.
"Excitement," Ridder said. "My dream was being a starting quarterback in the NFL, so I don't know what everyone's dream job was, but I'm sure if they got the call to do their dream job, they'd be pretty excited.