That meme of Michael Jordan — the basketball legend, not the former Cincinnati Bengals guard — from The Last Dance Netflix documentary where he says, "It became personal with me," sure appears to apply to young journeyman quarterback Desmond Ridder.
Throughout Bengals training camp and the preseason, Ridder was in the running for the backup quarterback job behind Joe Burrow. Unfortunately for Ridder, Jake Browning had years of experience in Cincinnati's system on him, which offset the novelty of the former Cincinnati Bearcats QB's rushing ability.
When the Bengals acquired Brett Rypien the day after waiving Ridder, and then signed Mike White and Sean Clifford to their practice squad on Tuesday, it became clear Ridder wasn't in their future plans.