Let’s start with a statistic. Matt Ryan has thrown the ball 126 times in three games thus far in 2020. Out of all those throws, nearly half (59) have gone to Calvin Ridley (35) and Russell Gage (24). Julio Jones has scooped up another 16 to bring that total to 76, leaving just 50 targets left over for the rest of the offense.
That’s what you do when you have three great receivers, of course, and no one should ask Matt Ryan to de-prioritize his best targets. The problem is that two of those targets may not be available in Week 4 against the Packers, and the limitations of straining to target the one remaining player showed in Week 3 against the Bears.