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PatriotsWin! Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Yikes. Wonder what is going on with him. Not faulting these players for doing whats best for them, but I do wonder if teams need to evaluate these player's mental health better before drafting them high. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchFalcon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, PatriotsWin! said: Yikes. Wonder what is going on with him. Not faulting these players for doing whats best for them, but I do wonder if teams need to evaluate these player's mental health better before drafting them high. No clue what is going on with Ridley but he seemed to have been fine at Bama and the last few years in the NFL. He seems off this year though with a lot of drops and sloppy play. From a team perspective this isn't coming at a great time, but if he has personal issues he needs to do right by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Yeah I was wondering what was up a couple weeks ago when he was out with a non-football designation . Hope he gets himself right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammymvpknight Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Hopefully he gets his life in order. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKillerNacho Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Best of luck to him, hope he finds what he's looking for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjon1990 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Good on him. Football players are still people. Best of luck to him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFan13 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Best thing for Ridley and the Falcons right now honestly. Ridley needs to worry about himself and his family 1st and foremost where as this also helps the Falcons by finding this out before we decided to give him a much bigger 2nd contract if we chose to do so. I personally was already on board not wanting to give him a big 2nd contract and wanting to put that cap space elsewhere like at edge, CB, or Oline. For me WR's are to easy to come by and replace and unless their a elite game changer like a Julio or Hopkins are/was then i can't see giving them 14+ a year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 This has been happening a lot lately it feels like. Wonder how this affects the league long term if the trend continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadaluvsdallas Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, PatriotsWin! said: Yikes. Wonder what is going on with him. Not faulting these players for doing whats best for them, but I do wonder if teams need to evaluate these player's mental health better before drafting them high. Personally think this is an impossible metric to construct and evaluate? I think mental health issues can arise at anytime for anyone. Actually, I believe at our current times mental health awareness is stronger than it has ever been, and who knows what personal tragedies could have been avoided by past players if all players took this approach. Wish Calvin Ridley the best and appreciate him being honest about his personal life with the public. Edited November 1, 2021 by canadaluvsdallas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantZombie Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Matts4313 said: This has been happening a lot lately it feels like. Wonder how this affects the league long term if the trend continues. Perhaps the NFL needs to do more in way or mental health assistance, education, awareness, and resources for players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Takes a bigger man to admit he needs help mentally and to step away. I'm sure he'll come back stronger. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 9 hours ago, wwhickok said: Perhaps the NFL needs to do more in way or mental health assistance, education, awareness, and resources for players. do we know what they do offer? Legitimate question 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Good for Ridley to address this now vs later on, when damage could be significant. Takes considerable courage to put this out there, where the trolls and naysayers will try to tear you down... Do what's right for you, young man. Football ain't going anywhere, you'll be back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Glazer had a good interview with Lane Johnson this week, go watch if you haven't. It's heart breaking for some of these players who deal with so much. These players are kids coming into the league and have expectations heaped upon them. With fantasy football and social media I can't imagine the noise these guys have to deal with. I think we see a future where teams hire a mental health professional to their staff. No different than the training staff dealing with their physical health, teams will hire staff to help with the mental health and be better for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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