NEW ORLEANS – Desmond Ridder tapped the podium inside the Caesars Superdome early Sunday evening, waiting for his first postgame news conference to begin. The moment he’d dreamed about for years and waited months for as Marcus Mariota’s backup quarterback had come and gone, and it wasn’t how the Atlanta Falcons quarterback anticipated.
There were things Ridder did well and things he didn't in a 21-18 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in his first NFL start.
Ridder missed on his first four passes. His first completion came on a screen to tight end MyCole Pruitt.